This report presents the background thinking to a STCRC project that aims to develop social and socioeconomic
indicators for tourism communities. The project emanates from the Green Globe 21 Standard that
incorporates indicators for the environmental impact of tourism and seeks to develop other indicators such as
social indicators. It also examines the main literature in the field, extracts the key impacts such as
overdevelopment, the relationship between tourists and residents, the management of tourist flows and the
facilities that are created as a result of increased tourism. The report concludes with a potential list of indicators
to be used for measuring the social and socio-economic impacts of tourism on communities.