Unit 3B - Fieldwork - Seahouses human fieldwork Flashcards
What is your human fieldwork hypothesis?
Does tourism have a positive economic impact on Seahouses
Describe the location of SH?
In the county of Northumberland in north east England. Village of Bamburgh is to north. SH is small fishing village where tourists can take a boat to Farne Islands.
Give a risk to your safety at SH and how it was overcome?
Members of public were risk. To overcome this, we worked in groups and had mobile phone contact with a member of staff
Primary data collected at SH?
Members of public were asked questionnaires
What sampling method used to collect primary data?
Random sampling method. People were asked randomly
Why were questionnaires used to collect data?
Allowed me to obtain a range of opinions on impact of tourism on SH and why people thought that. This question links directly to my overall hypothesis on impact of tourism on SH
What secondary data did you use and how was it useful?
Northumberland market Town Survey 2009. Survey was useful as provided further evidence of positive economic impact on SH, e.g. total daily spend of visitors on average for each person visiting SH £40.23
How did you ensure the data was collected accurately?
Same method used each time for each data collection method. A pilot study been completed prior to investigation so that I knew that all methods appropriate, accurate and unbiased.
How did you present Q1 of the questionnaire “where had tourists come from”?
Proportional bar graph
What did the proportional bar graph show?
Map showed most people who visited SH came from north east England (58%). People also visited from a variety of other areas across UK and Europe, 5% from Manchester and 1.5% from Italy
Why does tourism have a positive economic impact on SH?
As people travelled to visit SH (Manchester, Italy) they more likely to spend money staying overnight and on food and services creating a positive economic impact
Dis your results match the theory?
Yes as evidence provided clearly shows tourism has positive economic impact on SH as theory stated. Tourism in SH has created large sphere of influence with people coming from as far away Manchester (5%) and 1.5% Italy. As people travelled to visit SH, they more likely to spend money. 98% of those questioned thought tourism was good for SH and 79% said they felt it improved local economy
What other data could you have collected?
I would ask businesses when their busiest month was and if they would exist without tourism. This would provide further evidence of economic impact of tourism on SH
