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HAT304 Assignment Emerging Issues in Hospitality & Tourism

   

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Running head: EMERGING ISSUES IN HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM Emerging Issues in Hospitality and TourismName of the Student:Name of the University:Authors Note:
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1EMERGING ISSUES IN HOSPITALITY AND TOURISMExecutive Summary: The report discusses about the emerging issues of tourism and hospitality in Australia. Theissue chosen here relates to attainment of sustainability. The report provides a brief overviewof the issue. There is also discussion on the significance of sustainability on the growth andfuture development of sector. The report also puts forward three recommendations meant forresolving the issue.
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2EMERGING ISSUES IN HOSPITALITY AND TOURISMTable of ContentsIntroduction................................................................................................................................2Brief Overview of the Chosen Issue..........................................................................................3Significance of the Chosen Issue for Future Growth and Development of Tourism and Hospitality Industries.................................................................................................................4Identification and Recommendations.........................................................................................6Recommendation 1.................................................................................................................6Recommendation 2.................................................................................................................7Recommendation 3.................................................................................................................7Conclusion..................................................................................................................................8References..................................................................................................................................8
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3EMERGING ISSUES IN HOSPITALITY AND TOURISMBrief Overview of the Chosen Issue The chosen issue is attainment of sustainability in hospitality and tourism. Most of thepeople believe that there is no sustainable or eco-friendly travel due to the use of vast amountof carbon, fuel and other resources (Mowforth and Munt 2015). However, this does not stoppeople from travelling and hence the numbers continues to grow. Lessening theenvironmental impact of millions of people throughout Australia and the world may lead to abetter economy. The hospitality industry in Australia should adopt the policy of green hotelon a mass scale so that it becomes beneficial to the futuristic development of tourism and thewell-being of the planet (Baker, Davis and Weaver 2014). Sustainable tourism refers to the kind of tourism that ensures respecting both the localpeople along with the cultural heritage, environment and the traveler (Jamal and Camargo2014.). The importance of sustainability in hospitality and tourism is vital for continuing thework towards the positive balancing of the experiential, environmental, economic and socio-cultural impacts. The experiential impact describes the influence of visitors on each otherwhereas the socio cultural impact refers to the impact of the visitors on the local residents(Marion 2016). The impact of hospitality and tourism must not be so overpowering thatmakes the local feel alienated to their own country. Thus, the attainment of sustainability inhospitality and tourism includes ensuring that tourism does not influence the localcommunities and the natural environment. Moreover, sustainability is attained throughconsultation with the local communities on the planned developments and making sure thatinfrastructure improvement helps on benefiting the local people in addition to the tourist. Sustainability in tourism attained through fulfillment of the concept of ecotourism(Fennell 2014). Ecotourism refers to a tourism based on nature that involves interpretationand education of natural environment and is ecologically sustainable. Ecotourism helps in
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