Operating in the Great Barrier Reef

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Operating in the Great Barrier Reef
The paper aims to deal with hospitality sector in the context of The Whitsunday and
Great Barrier Reef. The former has improved its tourism sector with the help of sustainable
development plan and by attaining social, economic and environmental sustainability. The
area is famous for pristine natural experience and has been able to achieve a harmonious
approach to tourism by embracing environmental sustainability and innovation as well as
strategically preserve the natural environment to thrive the tourism sector on which the local
community is depended. The Great Barrier Reef has been primarily designated as a marine
park and brings forth the recreational pleasure of its visitors.
The hospitality sector accounts for 18% of Great Barrier Reef’s economy owing to the
vast marine life. It has a record of 2,017,604 visitors annually therefore broadening the
revenue base of the local communities (Authority 2014). The business segment of
hospitability management food services has improved the ability of social groups, for
instance the sale of labor and local commodities to the foreign visitors and better utilization
of the local commodities. The food and beverage industry that forms a major part of the
tourism sector benefits the local community by smoothening business and operation in the
area, generating more revenue to the local suppliers, creating job opportunities and better
utilization of skills and fostering economic growth for the local business (Morrison 2017). It
is reported that food and beverages accounts for 85,000 full-time jobs for the local
community in the area (Wolff et al 2018). The sector is advantageous even for the backward
community by ensure that they are able to make the utmost use of skilled and unskilled
workers. One of the many opportunities is improved social participation by integrating the
alienated into the work environment. Proper utilization of the community facilitates better
business operation in the Whitsunday Island. More than 3,000 people from the island are