During the initial stages of the SIA process, the participatory
workshops with Odysseia-In staff and community members, and
the community tran sect walks were used to gather data and produce
community and tourist profiles, a timeline of tourism development
in the area, and an inventory of tourism assets and services. The
transect walk followed the typical Odysseia-In tourist route in each
destination in order to observe the main existing and potential
sites and services they use or could use, and included spontaneous
interviews with community members that were encountered on
the way. In addition, the Odysseia-In staff workshop was used to explore
their motivations and perceived business case for engaging in
the SIA process.