Methods
In order to address the key themes and questions from the
literature, seven tourism businesses in the West of
England were purposely selected to take part in the study
so that a diverse set of insights could be generated. Consideration
was given to the type, size, public/private
/charity status, location of business (urban/rural), and the
sample included both members and non-members, in
order to ensure variance (see Table 2).
While the results from a small sample may not fully
relate to a wider population of tourism businesses in the
West of England, it was deemed that they would provide
valuable insight to the issues explored. This study adopted
the methods of Tzschentke et al. (2004; 2007), who
utilised semi-structured interviews in order to gain an
understanding of the motivation factors as to why tourism
businesses decided to ‘go green’. Semi-structured interviews
allowed the participants to reflect deeply on their
experiences, and/or perceptions of certification schemes,
thus enabling the researchers to gain detailed insight and
understanding of the key issues (Finn et al., 2008;
Goodson and Phillimore, 2004). The interviews were
conducted by a West of England Green Tourism Officer
in January 2009, and took place on the premises of each
business. The questions addressed the following themes
— the benefits and challenges associated with joining the
MethodsIn order to address the key themes and questions from theliterature, seven tourism businesses in the West ofEngland were purposely selected to take part in the studyso that a diverse set of insights could be generated. Considerationwas given to the type, size, public/private/charity status, location of business (urban/rural), and thesample included both members and non-members, inorder to ensure variance (see Table 2).While the results from a small sample may not fullyrelate to a wider population of tourism businesses in theWest of England, it was deemed that they would providevaluable insight to the issues explored. This study adoptedthe methods of Tzschentke et al. (2004; 2007), whoutilised semi-structured interviews in order to gain anunderstanding of the motivation factors as to why tourismbusinesses decided to ‘go green’. Semi-structured interviewsallowed the participants to reflect deeply on theirexperiences, and/or perceptions of certification schemes,thus enabling the researchers to gain detailed insight andunderstanding of the key issues (Finn et al., 2008;Goodson and Phillimore, 2004). The interviews wereconducted by a West of England Green Tourism Officerin January 2009, and took place on the premises of eachbusiness. The questions addressed the following themes— the benefits and challenges associated with joining the
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