Butler's TALC Stage Assessment Questionnaire

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COMPACT FIELD SURVEY INSTRUMENT

Butler's Tourism Area Life Cycle (TALC) — Stage Identification and Destination Trajectory Assessment
Integrating: TALC × Carrying Capacity × Doxey's Irridex Model

Instructions: Identify current TALC stage and trajectory. Respondent MUST be a long-term resident (10+ years).
Likert Scale: 1 = Not at all → 5 = Very much so (unless stated otherwise).

Survey Date

Enumerator

Village

GPS Coordinates

Survey Code

Time Start

Time End

Respondent Type

Homestay Owner Long-term Resident (10+ yrs) Community Elder GP Member Business Owner Tour Guide

PART I: RESPONDENT PROFILE

RP1. Age Select... < 25 25–35 36–45 46–55 56–65 > 65

RP2. Gender Select... Male Female Other

RP3. Years of residence in this village

RP4. Primary occupation Select... Homestay owner Business Guide Transport Farmer GP/Govt. Retired Other

RP5. How long has tourism existed in your village? Select... < 5 yrs 5–10 yrs 11–15 yrs 16–20 yrs > 20 yrs

RP6. Approximate year first tourist visited

RP7. Who were the first tourists? Select... Backpackers Organised groups Researchers Birdwatchers/naturalists Pilgrims Other

RP8. What first attracted them? Select... Forests/wildlife Kanchenjunga views Birdwatching Trekking Cultural uniqueness Silk Route Neora Valley Plantations Other

PART II: STAGE INDICATOR MATRIX

PART III: HISTORICAL TRAJECTORY TRACKING

III-A. Tourist Number Trend

III-B. Tourism Development Milestones

III-C. Involvement Stage Agent & Current Stats

Who played the key catalytic role?

Local pioneer entrepreneur Women's SHG Gram Panchayat NGO Forest Dept. WB Tourism Dept. Returning migrant Community cooperative Other

Registered Homestays

Unregistered Homestays (est.)

Annual tourist visits (est.)

PART IV: CARRYING CAPACITY ASSESSMENT

IV-A. Physical and Environmental Carrying Capacity

Max tourists village can comfortably accommodate per day

Peak season actual

Does peak tourist presence exceed comfortable capacity?

Significantly exceeds Slightly exceeds Approximately equal Well below capacity

IV-B. Social and Cultural Carrying Capacity

Community comfort threshold:

Already crossed Approaching Not yet reached Far from it — want more tourists

IV-C. Economic Carrying Capacity

PART V: DOXEY'S IRRIDEX — HOST ATTITUDE ASSESSMENT

V-A. Current Community Attitude (Select ONE):

Euphoria: Tourists warmly welcomed; community enthusiastic; genuine host-guest interaction Apathy: Tourists taken for granted; interaction formal/commercial; community indifferent Annoyance: Irritation growing; concerns about overcrowding, cultural/environmental damage Antagonism: Tourists openly blamed for problems; hostility expressed; wish tourism would decline

Has attitude changed since tourism began?

More positive Positive throughout Slightly ambivalent Noticeably more negative Significantly negative

V-B. Irridex Transition Indicators

PART VI: TALC SELF-ASSESSMENT AND TRAJECTORY

VI-A. Respondent's Self-Identified TALC Stage (Select ONE): Select... Exploration (Very few visitors; no formal facilities) Involvement (Community initiating tourism; informal) Development (Rapid growth; formal facilities; outside inv.) Consolidation (Growth slowing; tourism dominant) Stagnation (Growth stalled; capacity stressed) Decline (Visitor numbers falling; infrastructure deteriorating) Rejuvenation (New strategies actively reviving numbers)

VI-B. Current Trajectory Direction: Select... Rapidly advancing to next stage Slowly progressing Stable Regression risk Stagnation risk Active decline Active rejuvenation

VI-C. Most needed intervention for sustainable advancement (Tick all):

Road/transport improvement Internet/digital marketing Carrying capacity management Quality standards enforcement Community cooperative governance New tourism product/attraction Govt. policy/subsidies Off-season tourism development Other

VI-D. Open-ended: Describe how tourism in your village has changed from its earliest days to the present:

PART VII: ENUMERATOR'S INDEPENDENT FIELD ASSESSMENT

VII-A. Physical Evidence Observed (Tick all):

Unpaved/poor access road (Exploration) Informal home conversions (Involvement) Purpose-built accommodation (Development) OTA booking boards displayed (Dev/Con) Established tourism signage (Consolidation) Overcrowded parking (Con/Stag) Closed or abandoned homestays (Stag/Dec) New tourism product construction (Rej) Visible waste stress (Stagnation) Active tourist vehicles (Dev/Con)

VII-B. Enumerator's independent TALC Stage assessment: Select... Exploration Involvement Development Consolidation Stagnation Decline Rejuvenation

VII-C. Agreement with respondent's self-assessment (VI-A): Select... Full agreement One stage difference Two+ stages difference Completely divergent

If divergent, explain:

VII-D. Respondent reliability:

Very reliable Reliable Partially reliable Unreliable

VII-E. Additional observations: