The first ever survey about tourism on Symi will be conducted over the next three months. It will be scientifically-designed and all visitors to the island over the summer months will have a chance of taking part. It will run between the end of July and beginning of September with face-to-face interviews with a representative sample of Symi visitors including day-trippers and people who stay overnight, as well as those who come to Symi onboard yachts.
It is the first time a survey of this scale and magnitude has ever been undertaken on Symi and despite it being a voluntary and unpaid project, we hope the results will help people in business (from the Municipality to the ordinary tourist shop) better understand the views and needs of the tourists themselves.
The survey will try and capture as many aspects of tourism on Symi as possible, including what people like and dislike about the island, how much money they spend and where they spend it, what improvement they would like to see, why they have chosen to come to Symi, etc.
Apart from the survey of visitors, there will be another survey taking place at the same time involving Symi residents. The “residents’ survey” will aim to capture people’s views and opinions on day-to-day issues concerning life on Symi during the summer months.
Both surveys will be directed and run by Christos Byron, a statistician specialising in survey design and statistical analysis who lives on Symi and lectures in UK universities. The surveys are sponsored by SymiGreece.com and supported by the Municipality of Symi.
To make these surveys a success, we are looking for volunteers who are prepared to give a few hours of their time to help Symi. If you are coming to Symi this summer and would like to be part of the survey team, please get in touch with The News of Symi newspaper.
Regular updates about the survey will be published in The News of Symi newspaper and SymiGreece.com over the summer months.
It is the first time a survey of this scale and magnitude has ever been undertaken on Symi and despite it being a voluntary and unpaid project, we hope the results will help people in business (from the Municipality to the ordinary tourist shop) better understand the views and needs of the tourists themselves.
The survey will try and capture as many aspects of tourism on Symi as possible, including what people like and dislike about the island, how much money they spend and where they spend it, what improvement they would like to see, why they have chosen to come to Symi, etc.
Apart from the survey of visitors, there will be another survey taking place at the same time involving Symi residents. The “residents’ survey” will aim to capture people’s views and opinions on day-to-day issues concerning life on Symi during the summer months.
Both surveys will be directed and run by Christos Byron, a statistician specialising in survey design and statistical analysis who lives on Symi and lectures in UK universities. The surveys are sponsored by SymiGreece.com and supported by the Municipality of Symi.
To make these surveys a success, we are looking for volunteers who are prepared to give a few hours of their time to help Symi. If you are coming to Symi this summer and would like to be part of the survey team, please get in touch with The News of Symi newspaper.
Regular updates about the survey will be published in The News of Symi newspaper and SymiGreece.com over the summer months.
Dimitris Chrysochoos
© The News of Symi newspaper
Re-publication is prohibited without prior written permission from the editor of The News of Symi newspaper and SymiGreece.com
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lizzykitch said on 22/06/2009, 15:03
Brilliant!!