Thus, it is suggested that the existing impacts literature has a
number of deficiencies and, as a minimum, there is a need to:
1. Verify the tourist typologies which exist, most of which
have not been based upon detailed empirical investigations
(Murphy 1985);
2. Develop classifications of destination area communities;
3. Examine the nature of resident-visitor interactions including
the extent to which they are mediated by culture
brokers;
4. Place the recording and monitoring of impacts in the context
of all of the above;
5. Assess the utility of widely-discussed related planning and
management concepts.
If such steps were taken, the quality of impact analyses and their
comparability would be greatly improved and the body of knowledge
might be cumulative rather than a series of case studies as is
presently largely the case. The resulting investigations might also be
more useful to planners and managers.