Urumaya

QUESTIONNAIRE
[Geographical Information System for Tourism in Sri Lanka]

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Contact Details

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1) Reason for visiting Sri Lanka

Vacation Business Other

If “Other”, please state the reason below.

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2) Have you ever visited Sri Lanka before?

Yes No

If “Yes”, how many times? ………………………………………………

3) What are the sources you use to find information about Sri Lanka?

Books
Travel agents
Broaches
Other
Web Sites

If “Other”, please state it below.

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4) If your choice was “Web Sites”, what are the sites that you browse often?

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5) Do you think that “Web sites” help to obtain information about countries?

Yes No

If “Yes”, how do they help?

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6) What kind of information do you find on these web sites?

Geographic General information Other

information

If “Other”, please state it below.

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7) How those web sites are designed to publish information?

Interactive interfaces, maps Pictures and Text

Interactive, but no maps Text only

8) Are you really able to collect the expected information from those web sites?

Of course Not really Not at all

If any other answer please states it below.

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9) If not “Yes”, what are the major drawbacks and inconveniences you faced on those web
sites?

No proper guidance Not user friendly, no accuracy

and not efficient.

Inadequate information Expected information was

available. never found.

If any other answers please state it below.

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The web site - Urumaya

Very Good Good Average Not Good Poor

10) User Friendliness

11) Efficiency Providing

Geographic Information

12) Functional Effectiveness

13) Accuracy with provided

Geographic Information

14) Functional & Information

Availability

15) Functional Reliability

16) Helps for decision making

17) Do you think our Web site is a better solution?

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18) Are you satisfied with the information provided by our Web site?

Yes No

If “No”, why?

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 For the questions given below questions please tick the appropriate box.

The application - Urumaya

Very Good Good Average Not Good Poor

19) User Friendliness

20) Efficiency Providing

Geographic Information

21) Functional Effectiveness

22) Accuracy with provided

Geographic Information

23) Functional & Information

Availability

24) Functional Reliability

25) Helps for decision making

26) Are you satisfied with the information provided by our application?

Yes No

If “No”, why?

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27) If this is the first time you are using an online geographic information system to collect
information, how adequate is it?

I got all the expected information with proper guidance.

Good, but still inadequate, information and guidance.

Better than the other online and offline methods.

If any Other, Please state your answer below.

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28) If you think this Web site have more user friendly interfaces than other sites what are those
components or the features which tempt you to feel so?

Interactive maps
Buttons
Forms
Menu Lists
Text Fields

29) Do you still think that you need manual travel guides, Travel Helpers and Tourist Guides to visit
places while having our product with you?

Yes, still we need them Doubtful

Sometimes we need them We never need them

30) After exploring our web site what are the features, information and other facts that you believe
are better added to satisfy your requirements?

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31) Do you think that GIS systems can help to improve the tourism in
Yes No
a. A country

b. In Sri Lanka

32) Do you think that both our web site and application will help tourists to improve their awareness
about Geographical locality of Sri Lanka?

Yes, completely

To a great extent

On average

No, I don’t think so

Apart from the above questions if you have anything else to comment on about either our web site
or application, please state it below.

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