Deery et al. (2012:65), who are critical of the literature on the social
impacts of tourism, considered that there was a “dominance of a quantitative
paradigm which has not facilitated a deep understanding of the
impacts of tourism”. They also considered that: “The research undertaken
to date has tended to provide lists of impacts without a clear understanding
of how perceptions of these impacts were formed and,
more importantly, how such perceptions could be changed if necessary”
(Deery et al., 2012:65). While there is “reasonable agreement as to the
nature of the impacts and the variables which influence residents' perceptions,
recent quantitative research does not provide an in-depth insight
into the reasons for residents' perceptions and the subsequent
consequences of such perceptions” (Deery et al., 2012:2).