This article aims to advance the methodology for assessing the social impact of tourism research. An evaluation framework was designed to measure social impact in three stages—ex-ante, in-itinere and ex-post—and the ex-post evaluation was applied to a tourism research project, the POLITUR project, to test its validity. The collected information originated from interviews and documentary material. The analysis was structured according to six main areas—communication and promotion, policies and regulation, economic benefit, new technological resources, environment and social improvements—and four dimensions—temporal, applied, geographical and sustainability. The results are followed by a discussion of the domains and dimensions of the social impact assessment of tourism research. The need for further improvement in methods for measuring the social impact of tourism research and the importance of research that generates social impact are highlighted.

本文旨在推进评估旅游研究的社会影响的方法。设计了一个评估框架来衡量三个阶段的社会影响——事前、行程中和事后——并将事后评估应用于旅游研究项目POLITUR项目，以测试其有效性。收集的信息来自采访和文献资料。分析按照传播与促进、政策与法规、经济效益、新技术资源、环境与社会改善六个主要领域和时间、应用、地理和可持续性四个维度进行构建。结果随后讨论了旅游研究的社会影响评估的领域和维度。