The social perceptions of the macaques amongst residents of Gibraltar is not known, and this is essential information to obtain when thinking and implementing management and monitoring plans for the future. By getting people involved in their monitoring and management, this will allow people to engage with the macaques, as well as contribute to ecological research.
On a global scale, the observation of interactions between macaques and humans can be applied to other tourist sites found In Northern Morocco as well as across East Asia, where similar methodologies can be repeated.