TABLE 1

FROM:

Envisioning sustainable tourism futures: An evaluation of the futures wheel method

Pierre Benckendorff

Table 1. Strengths and weaknesses of the futures wheel method

Strengths	Weaknesses
Easily grasped by participants	'Intellectual Spaghetti'
Stimulates complex, systematic thinking	Results vary in consistency
Provides a clear visual map of complex     interactions	Limited by knowledge and perceptions of participants
Flexibility for respondents	Information overload
Fast data collection	Complex and time-consuming data analysis
No transcription of data required	Higher cost per respondent
	Speculative nature of data