Comparative research in similarly traditional contexts would be
instructive to reconciling the problematic juncture that tourism and
traditional culture invokes. This is arguably the case where traditional
material and intangible culture, previously off-limits to outsiders has
become more easily accessed. As livelihoods concerns mount, touristic
use of traditional culture in developing country contexts seems a natural
progression. Interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary longitudinal research
must be encouraged, given the complex layers inherent in
scrutinising peoples and contexts in transition, and where the economic,
socio-political, psychological, traditional and modern worlds
intersect and jostle.