Hi,

I'm Silke from Germany, and I'm preparing my master thesis about tourism in Tombouctou/Timbuktu. As I couldn't interview enough tourists there, I count on you. Who is willing to help me by filling out my questionnaire about your stay? Of course your details remain anonymous! You can also write in german or french.

Please contact me by mail (my address: Tombouctou@web.de). I'd be really pleased about active contact!

Thank you very much for your help,

yours, Silke


Questionnaire for visitors of Tombouctou
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1.) When have you been visiting Tombouctou?

2.) You have been there 1. as a tourist
2. to work for a project / NGO
3. for studies
4. other:

3.) Have you been travelling
1. alone withoutguide
2. alone with guide
3. with family/friends without guide
4. with family/friends with guide
5. with a travel group
6. other:

answer 2 + 4: Where did you make the contract with the guide?

4.) With which transport did you get to Tombouctou? 1. ship of the COMANAV
2. public pinasse
3. pinasse for tourists
4. bâché
5. 4x4
6. own or hired car
7. plane
8. other:

5.) How did you leave? (see question 4)

6.) Please describe with a few words your travel route.

7.) Was Tombouctou your main destination of the trip?

8.) Was it your first visit of Tombouctou?
How often have you been there before?

9.) Where did you stay? (name of hotel, private ...)

10.) How many nights did you stay in Tombouctou?

11.) Which sights of Tombouctou have you been visiting?

12.) Which excursions have you realized from Tombouctou? For how long?

1. cameltrip into the free desert
2. cameltrip to the villages/tents of the Tuareg
3. market of Handou Bomo
4. Zone Lacustre/lakes surrounding Tombouctou
5. hippos of the Niger
6. trip with a piroge on the river Niger
7. elephants of Ghourma
8. none
9. other:

13.) What did you expect of Tombouctou (what to see, what kind of adventure, face of the desert ...)?

14.) Differs the reality from your own imagination? How?

15.) How do you judge the

1. guides:

2. chameliers:

3. artisans:

of Tombouctou? Why?

16.) Would you principally like to visit Tombouctou once again?

17.) What is unique of travelling in Mali, positive and negative?

18a.) Which are, in your opinion, the advantages and disadvantages of tourism? It manifests on what?

18b.) Backpackers vs. travel groups: Advantages and Disadvantages?

19.) For the case that you visited Tombouctou already a longer time ago: how did the tourism in Tombouctou changed?

20.) In your opinion, how should the tourism in Tombouctou develop?

21.) Place for other statements etc.:

Personal questions:

22.) name (optional!):

23.) sex:

24.) age:

25.) profession:

26.) nationality:


Your details remain anonymous!

Thank you very much for helping me

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