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Implications for This ResearchThe findings from the preliminary study highlight three important considerations; the role offear in the perception of tourism impacts, the role of community involvement in tourismdevelopment and understanding how perceptions of tourism and tourism impacts arewell-formed. Firstly, the role of fear of potential future impacts indicates how Cambodiansperceive themselves and the environment around them. The repeated theme of fear ofpotential negative impacts emerging in the future suggests a fear of how things will change.The emphasis placed on these potential impacts also suggests that despite these impactsnot actually manifesting themselves in the community at the present time, the perceptionwas just as strong as if they had indeed been present in the community.This concept of fear is very important to consider, as the current methods for evaluatingimpacts fail to take into account the perception of potential impacts of tourism and theimportance of the fear of these on perceptions of tourism. It can lead to the prematureperception of the occurrence of those impacts and must therefore be considered in anyassessment of tourism impacts on community.Secondly, the findings highlighted the importance of community and its role in tourismdevelopment. The evaluation process used by residents to form a perception of tourismuses both personal and observed experience. Thus the continued support and positiveperception is dependent on the residents ' depth of involvement and awareness of tourism.The empowerment of communities to feel in control of tourism in their community,regardless of their actual level of direct participation is key to ensuring continued support oftourism.Finally, and most importantly, this preliminary study helped to develop an understanding ofhow residents perceive tourism and tourism impacts. The support for social exchangetheory, and the role of economic dependency as an LDC community, demonstrates the wayperceptions are founded upon experience and awareness of particular concepts.Understanding this informs the research design, and also clarifies the role of communityperceptions in sustainable tourism development.Implications for the Current Research and its DesignThe anticipated outcomes of the preliminary study differed from actual findings. Thehypothesized outcomes of this research were founded upon an understanding of theexisting literature regarding tourism impacts and host guest relations in the context of LDCs,as well as other key theories regarding tourism development. The findings from thepreliminary study showed a much more positive and open opinion of tourism than had beenanticipated based upon comparison to existing literature. It must be acknowledged thatwhere the people of a community involves researching, it is important to allow theperceptions and ontology of the community in question to not be overshadowed by the
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