Sustainable and Responsible Tourism Management

Sustainable and
Responsible Tourism
Management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1 Explanation of evolution of concept of sustainable and responsible tourism...................1
P2 Determination of role, function and mission of leading global organisations involved in
promotion of sustainable and responsible tourism.................................................................3
M1 Concept of sustainable and responsible tourism in relation to leading global organization 4
D1 Critically analyse the relevance and application of the concepts and meaning of
sustainable and responsible tourism according to leading global organisations....................5
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................6
P3 Exploration of purpose and principles of tourism development and planning to minimise
the adverse effects of tourism.................................................................................................6
P4Evaluation of the process of tourism development and planning and challenges along with
problems associated with it. ..................................................................................................8
M2 Different approaches to plan tourism development ........................................................9
D2 Critically evaluate different approaches to tourism development and planning to identify
and justify the rationale for measuring and monitoring sustainable performance .............11
TASK 3..........................................................................................................................................11
P5 Impacts of tourism industry in relation to socio-cultural, economical and environmental
segments...............................................................................................................................11
P6 Principles of sustainable tourism.....................................................................................12
M3 Contribution of different stakeholders which makes development with sustainable tourism
practices................................................................................................................................13
D3 Critically analyse the value and importance of stakeholder engagement and partnerships in
minimising adverse impacts to meet overall sustainable objectives ...................................13
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................14
P7 Development and management of sustainability is different for tourists destination.....14
M4 Success or failure of management with sustainable tourism development is chosen
destination.............................................................................................................................15

D4 Make justified recommendations and solutions for improving sustainable management and
development for a range of tourist destinations worldwide.................................................15
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................16
REFRENCES ................................................................................................................................17

INTRODUCTION
Tourism management is the process by which information is been collected over
activities which has made managing of activities within tourism industry. Such management
makes all process within tourism to be performed in smooth and impactful manner by focusing
upon changes that has to be made within it. The main objective of tourism management is to
analyse those events which holds relation with travel and tourism. As per this various tasks is
been deal with both direct and indirect manner which makes tourism ventures to attract
customers that makes development of strong customer base possible. Management holds wider
scope as it makes factors to be developed within industry that leads over positive attraction to be
made in relation to potential customer. Also its nature is dynamic which makes involvement of
tasks that has been directly in relation to marketing and making tourism more popular within a
country. The country taken in this report is Iceeland which makes tasks to be completed in direct
and indirect manner which makes large customers to base to be formed for Tourism industry of
Iceeland . It enhances business cycle of tourism to be enhanced in country like Iceeland .
This report paper here is formed is on the basis of evaluation and explanation of sustainable
as well as responsible tourism management. This project here covers all the major topics of
following subject such as analysis and clarification of important features of sustainable and
responsible tourism, identifying the importance of tourism development and formulating the
effective planning for sustainability. Along with that, the certain application of principles for
sustainable and responsible tourism management and countering of the ways through which it
has developed
TASK 1
P1 Explanation of evolution of concept of sustainable and responsible tourism
Sustainable and responsible tourism is related to that kind of process which makes
sustainability to be attained within tourism sector to be enhanced for Iceeland . Responsible
tourism means those responsibility which is to be hold by various organizations of Iceeland in
order to make positive impact over tourism within the country(Patti and Messina, 2020). So, it
the process by which various operations and activities that are essential for tourism organization
is been operated. Growth of Iceland in late 1980s was increased and tourists visited were 130000
annual visitor. In the year 1980 number of foreign visitors has increased which made
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contribution to increase with 2 percent to GDP(How Iceland Went from Astronaut Training Site
to Tourist Destination. 2017). The number exceeded 80,000 within a year.. It contributed
towards sustainable development in an way that economy of the country was uplifted which and
helped in providing boost to tourism sector within Iceland. It also made sustainability achieved
with more efficiency and provided framework for future development of tourism organizations
within Iceland.
Further it made sustainable market practices to be introduced. Also tourism organization
in Iceeland should focus upon factors which makes sustainable development to be taken place
within them. It is helpful in boosting of various kinds of process by providing framework in
order to enhance effectiveness in the management of organizations. Further operations within
management is also enhanced which helps in making tourism activities in Iceeland more
impactful in relation to tourists who visits particular place. This makes tourism organization in
Iceeland to generate revenue and high profitability (O’Halloran, 2020). Various task is to be
accomplished by these tourism organizations within which both sustainability and responsibility
helps in understanding demands of tourists. It makes formation of strategies possible according
to demands. Such strategies is there to provide discipline and order within working pattern of
tourism organizations. It mainly focuses over those activities which are beneficial for
environment. Such activities makes most common characteristics to be reduced , reuse and
recycle. In this support is been provided as well as social factors are to be kept in mind which
makes relationship be more strong in nature. In order to attain environmental friendly work it
should focus over certain common characteristics like reduce, reuse and recycle. For example,
introduction of principles such as maintaining biodiversity and supporting local economies. In
addition to that introduction of principle of boosterism, physical development and community-
oriented programs have also saved the tourism development planning in Iceland.
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Also tourism in Iceeland make major contribution to its economy and also over society as
it is related to society, culture, community. Various kinds of practices with sustainable
management is been enforced within an organization of tourism in Iceeland . Due to this strong
market base is formed which makes it stay ahead of its competitors within market.
P2 Determination of role, function and mission of leading global organisations involved in
promotion of sustainable and responsible tourism
Role: The most important role that is been played is by World tourism organisation in
making promotion possible of Tourism all over the world. It has helped in growing standards of
bot travel and tourism in Iceeland and all over the world. Main objective is to be focused over
attain profit with revenue generation within various countries. Then it should makes ventures to
be formed in Iceeland which helps in development of effective conditions in an country. Main
role of World tourism organisation is to make promotion of tourism all over the world. The role
played by World Tourism Organization in Iceland tourism is that it provided strong base of
guidelines which enhanced the process of tourism in Iceland.
Functions: The various functions that is been played by world tourism organization is to
make working of organization that takes forward various ways within which success over
operations within tourism industry in Iceeland to be positively boosted has been explained as
follows:
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