Importance of Sustainability in Tourism and Hospitality Industries

Fundamentals of Tourism,
Leisure and Hospitality

Contents
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................................2
MAIN BODY..............................................................................................................................................2
Environmental concerns are a key trend throughout the world. Critically discuss why the sustainability
agenda is important to the tourism and hospitality industries and suggest ways in which sustainability
can be embraced within tourism and hospitality environments................................................................2
CONCLUSION...........................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES............................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Hospitality is one of the most emerging industries that help in developing the need of
both national and international requirement. Tourism and hospitality sector is causing danger to
the environment and its sustainability, so it is essential to find out ways so that hospitality and
environment preservation can go hand in hand (Lohmann and Beer, 2013). Environmental
concerns are a key trend throughout the world. Critically discuss why the sustainability agenda is
important to the tourism and hospitality industries and suggest ways in which sustainability can
be embraced within tourism and hospitality environments.
MAIN BODY
Environmental concerns are a key trend throughout the world. Critically discuss why the
sustainability agenda is important to the tourism and hospitality industries and suggest ways in
which sustainability can be embraced within tourism and hospitality environments.
The hospitality and tourism industry is one of the largest industries in the world; it helps
in generating huge revenue and huge employment opportunities. Tourism and hospitality should
be promoted and it should be encouraged given that it is not harming the environment which is
happening in current era.
The impact on environment of hospitality industry is huge, it affect the environment a lot
through energy and water consumption and use of consumable goods in a huge margin.
Nowadays sustainable growth has become very important for the countries and the companies
working there. It is regarded as key to successful business as a business needs to carry a vision of
doing sustainable development. Sustainability and social responsibility are day by day becoming
the prime concern for public as well as private companies and it also includes hospitality sector.
Doing sustainable development generally means having sufficient resources for the future
generation so that ecosystem is not harmed (Vivek, Saranya and Chandrasekar, 2020). It is
generally seen that hospitality sector puts lots of pressure on natural resources and which can
ultimately result in scarcity or depletion of resources. So the danger of harming the natural
resources where tourism is built on is always there. So as the issue is becoming more and more
serious focus of businesses has been shifted to doing business with sustainability, intervention of