“…The majority focus upon the impacts of tourism development on communities which are located in rural areas, islands and resort areas, either within developed or underdeveloped nations or within underdeveloped regions located in developed countries. Noteworthy amongst this group are studies by Pizam (1978), Brougham and Butler (1981), Cooke (1982), Ahmed (1986), Sheldon and Var (1984), Haukeland (1984), Liu and Var (1986), Allen et al (1988), Long et al (1990), Tsartas (1992), Lee and Hou (1999), Hou (1999), Hou and Yu (2000), Ni (2001) and Yang and Hsing (2001).…”