What age do you have to be to travel south-western Europe by yourself?

Travel + tourism + environment survey... please fill out..?

• 1. Age: * 5 - 15 * 16 - 25 * 26 - 35 * 36 - 45 * 46 - 55 * 55+ 2. Gender: * Male * Female 3. Have you ever travelled overseas before? If yes, which continent(s) have you travelled to? If no, please skip to question 9. * Asia * Africa * Europe * the Americas * Australia * Other - Please specify: 4. How do you and/or the people you travel with usually prepare for an overseas trip? * Learn basic language * Research the destination * Visit a travel agency * Book tours, etc. * Other - Please specify: 5. Do you and/or the people you travel with check websites such as 'smart traveller.gov.au' for security updates? * Yes * No 6. How often do you travel overseas? * Once a year * Every couple of years * Rarely * Other - Please specify: 7. How old were you when you first travelled overseas? 8. What do you like most about travelling overseas? 9. How often do you travel domestically? * Very often * A few times a year * Occasionally 10. (For Australian's) Which states have you travelled to in Australia? (Tick as many as neccesary) * NSW * QLD * Vic * NT * SA * WA * Tas * ACT 11. What are the main reasons you and/or the people who accompany you travel? (domestically and/or internationally) 12. Have you or the people you have travelled with ever fallen sick during your travels? If yes, what was it and how was it cured? *** To answer the following questions, (13-18), please refer to the most recent holiday you had. *** 13. Where did you last travel to? 14. What were your reasons for travelling there? 15. How did you travel around your destination? * Car * Taxi * Bus * Walking * Other - please specify: 16. What type of accomodation did you stay in? * Hotel * Rented house * Resort * Caravan park * Other - please specify: 17. Did you participate in any tours, etc.? If yes, what were they? * Yes, _______________ * No 18. Did you enjoy the destination? If so, what did you enjoy about it? Would you reccommend it to friends? 19. When on holiday, do you feel that you may have participated in activities the may be or can become harmful to the environment? For example, high use of water, littering. * Yes, _________________ * No 20. Do you feel that tourists should be restricted from certain activities to project cultural and behavioural values of other countries? * Yes * No 21. Do you think that work such as mining of coral, etc. for development of tourism facilities should be limited or banned? * Yes * No Thankyou for participating in this survey =D

• Answer:

  1-36-45 2-F 3-All continents mentioned. 4-Lots of research. 5-No 6-More than once per year on average. 7-21 8-Seeing amazing things/Seeing how other people live/Trying to experience their culture/Meeting the locals/Sampling the local cuisine. Broadening my mind/Making me appreciate how lucky I am to be born in Australia. 9-A few times per year. 10-Every state and territory in Australia. 11-Enjoyment. 12-Yes - called in doctor for medication for food poisoning in China once. 13-Egypt and Jordan. 14-See amazing things - pyramids/tombs/temples and Petra (highlight) 15-Some bus, some taxi and a cruise down the Nile. 16-Hotels, on a boat and a resort by the Dead Sea. 17-Small tour run by an Egyptologist (great way to do it). 18-Stunning scenery, seeing things of great historical interest, experiencing some middle eastern culture. 19-Try not to. We make an effort to stay at eco-resorts etc. where possible and try to avoid places where there has been out of control development (Honolulu for example). We are happy to reuse our bath towels etc so as not to waste water and put unnecessary detergent into the environment. I do feel guilty about all the pollution from all the flying I have done. I like the idea of carbon credits where part of your airfare is used to plant some trees to offset the pollution you created. 20-Yes - example respecting sacred sites of aborigines in Australia. The country of Bhutan is doing a really good job with how it is managing its tourism so as no to spoil the local culture. 21-Banned absolutely. All development should be as low impact as possible