I'm back and the sun is shining!

I have gained permission from university that I'm allowed to start writing again on my blog!  Received a decent mark for my blog, so I'm happy.  Thank you to all who contributed to my blogs.  I really rather enjoyed doing it.It is dissertation time and it is going pretty well.  Mine is based on how Northern Ireland can use public diplomacy of the "soft" variety to promote itself better as a tourist destination. 

I have lined up a few interviews with various key people who work in communications within the tourist trade in Ireland.  I have also engineered a survey, which is where I ask you to answer.  It doesn't matter if you have never been to Northern Ireland or not.  Answer the questions as fully as you can!  I've received some surveys back and already see patterns which are causing Northern Ireland to lag behind other destinations. 

Even though I'm a native of "Norn Iron", I'm very critical of it and compare it all the time with other countries.  However, I do see the potential of Northern Ireland being a competitive tourist destination, even with our political instability (hey, look at Spain, Mexico, India, Thailand).

If you are doing a mixed-methods approach to your research, what books are using to help you framework your research?  I've been using Bryman, Daymon & Holloway -pretty useful!

Please complete my survey as soon as you can!