Luxury Hotels and Resorts in Whitsunday Islands: A Booming Market for Socio-Economic Development

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Stunning Destinations For All The Travelers
Australia’s Whitsundays are world famous.The bush clad islands dotted through the
indigo ocean is the home to a busy and colorful underwater world.This paradise resides at the
heart of the great barrier reef along the Queensland coast of Australia (Travelblog.org 2018).This
is one of the unique and stunning destinations for all the travelers throughout the world.The 74
islands of the Whitsundays are situated between Townsville and Mackay and about 900km north
of Brisbane.Most of the parks in the Whitsunday islands has the status of National Park and
extensive tracks to walk down and experience the mesmerizing view of nature and the
surroundings (Great Barrier Reef 2018).The great barrier reef and the Whitsunday islands are the
perfect holiday destination for all.Nature meets with a harmonious combination of delights in
this picture-perfect destination.Luxury hotels and island resorts, international a la carte
restaurants are famous among the backpackers (Spalding et al. 2017).The article explains the
rising market of luxury hotels and resorts in the islands of the Whitsundays of Australia and how
the booming market of the hotels in the destination has been beneficial for the local community
people in terms of socio-economic development.

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Tourism is one of the most important components of the global economy in the current
era.The luxury hotels and resorts are one of the most important parts of the tourism business that
generates billions of dollars in revenues and millions of employment opportunities for the people
throughout the world.The rising industry of luxury hotels and resorts is considered to be one of
the essential tools for the development of the economy (The Guardian 2018). From the economic
perspective, the luxury hotels and the resorts in the Whitsunday islands attract travelers from
various parts of the world and generates a good amount of wealth from them.Besides, the hotels
and resorts generate humungous job opportunities which are beneficial for the local
communities.
From changing weather conditions to changing governments, certain environmental
factors including social, political, ecological, international, legal and technological factors impact
deeply on the hotel industry of the Whitsunday islands in Australia (HAT202 Hospitality &
Tourism Management 2017). Political factors like changing government, terrorism effects
directly on the hotel industry of the tourism sector.Luxury hotels and resorts in Whitsunday
islands cannot flourish in an environment of conflict an terror.Hence political stability is one of
the key factors that are essential for the hotels and resorts of the Whitsunday islands.Social
factors like consumer preference and consumer sentiment in the hotel sector of the great barrier
reef shape the tourism industry of Australia (Authority 2018).The technological factor is one of