Sustainability Issues in Hospitality and Tourism.

Running head: SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES IN HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM
SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES IN HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM
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SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES IN HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM1
Table of Contents
Sustainability and its impact on hospitality and tourism sector.................................................2
Legal and Regulatory Risks Contributed to the Impact of Climate Change Issues in
Australian Hospitality and Tourism Sector................................................................................3
Policy draft for hospitality and tourism.....................................................................................4
Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF)..........................................................................................5
Energy Efficiency...................................................................................................................5
Use of Renewable Energy......................................................................................................5
Organization of Climate Advisory Agencies.........................................................................6
Relevant Justification for recommended policy draft................................................................6
References..................................................................................................................................8

SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES IN HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM2
Sustainability and its impact on hospitality and tourism sector
Over the past several decades, tourism sector has emphasized on the importance of
sustainability in the hospitality sector as it links to hotel development as well as operations.
These operations include the environmental, financial and social impact. Sustainability is
seen as one of the most critical issues which the hospitality and tourism sector is presently
facing (Steiger et al. 2019). Three important factors have been identified which still
strengthen the significance of sustainability issues in the hospitality and environmental issues.
The presence of critical sustainability issue such as climate change is considered as one of the
factors which have been posing challenges to the hospitality and tourism sector.
As per report, the United Nations World Tourism Organization has estimated that the
tourism is primarily responsible for almost 5% of global CO2 releases in the world. This
amount is estimated to have a rise by almost 130% in 2035, thus turning into one of the
sectors with highest global impact on climate change. Tourists have been visiting coastal
town to see adjourning reef which has been rendered by climate change, thus making reefs
lose their attractiveness and not worth visiting. According to Hall, Gössling and Scott (2015),
climate change impacts loss of benefits to local tourists along with a related unconstructive
economic consequence to the region. Additionally, climate change impact several tourist
attractions to preserve their demand by adapting. As a result, ski regions tend to make their
own resorts which regulate water flows. However, adaptations tend to be expensive as it
shows high unfeasibility to estimate costs of adaptation as it varies from region to region
(Hall et al. 2015). The Australian tourism and hotel sector are considered as the most
susceptible and least equipped sector in dealing climate change issues irrespective of the
effects it is already experiencing.