The 1991 conference of the Canada Chapter of the Travel and Tourism Research Association was designed to facilitate the development of an initial research agenda for tourism, sustainable development and the environment. By the selection of topics and the format of the panels and workshops, the conference was organized to allow for a broad exchange of experience, opinion and contrasting views on the state of research now and to suggest needs for the future. The agenda which follows is an attempt to synthesize the material brought before the conference into a proposal that will act as a starting point for future research. It is based on the assumption that there will not be more research money: existing or reduced resource levels will be the norm in both the public and the private sectors. It is also based on the assumption that all parts of tourism must be involved and that the information produced by the research must lead to action.