The measures taken from time to time in the past have been fragmentary and therefore ineffective, and such provisions as have been made were dictated by parallel policies such as consumer protection, environmental policy, transport policy, taxation policy, etc., which very often are not only no help to tourism but on the contrary make it more difficult, since their introduction has usually entailed costs for the tourism industry without regard to its ability to bear them or its incentives to cope with them.
De foranstaltninger, der nogle gange er truffet før i tiden, har været fragmentariske og følgelig ineffektive, for reguleringerne er blevet bestemt af sideløbende politikker, f.eks. forbrugerbeskyttelse, miljø, transport, beskatning osv., som mange gange ikke kun har gjort det sværere for turismen, men ligefrem har vanskeliggjort den, eftersom indførelsen af dem ofte har været forbundet med omkostninger for turistindustrien, uden at man har undersøgt dens mulighed for at acceptere dem eller har foretaget relevante tiltag, så den kunne tackle dem.