Planning for Sustainable Tourism Development in Qatar

SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT
Task 3: Understand the need for
planning for sustainable tourism

P 3.1 Justify the introduction of the
concept of sustainability in tourism
development with reference to Qatar
• Sustainable Tourism
Development can be
considered to be the
development of the tourism
industry
• It can be said that it
effectively helps in the
process of maintaining the
social environmental and
ecological balance.

Contd..
• Helped in the process of conservation of
cultural and traditional values
• Effective measures taken in order to conserve
the flora and fauna is considered under one of
the beneficial aspects of sustainable
development

P 3.2 Analyse factors that may prevent/hinder
sustainable tourism development with reference to Qatar
• Excessive use of the
resources
• It has been observed that
there is an effective need of
keeping a check on the
wastage of resources due to
building of infrastructures in
order to promote and attract
more and more tourists.