The process commenced with broad questions on the landscape followed
by more specific queries about particular circumstances or situations
(i.e., beach nourishment efforts); this interview technique is
referred to as funneling (Patton, 1990). Some of the interview questions
included: What does the beach represent to you? How is your
coastal landscape view from this point? What impression do you have
of this coastal landscape? What beach activities have you engaged in
while here? What do you feel as you look at this coastal landscape?
How do you evaluate this landscape? What visual perception did you
have of this landscape prior to travel? How is this perception similar
or different to what you see now? How does the landscape in its present
form influence, if at all, your experience? Would you return to Playacar?
The sequence of questions and the time frame varied based on
the respondent and interviewer. To ensure trustworthiness of data,
measures were taken to seek clarification during and immediately after
the interview (Harrison, MacGibbon, & Morton, 2001).