Sustainable Tourism Development: A Comprehensive Analysis of Qatar's Tourism Industry

SUSTAINABLE TOURISM
DEVELOPMENT

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION............................................................................................................................. 2
TASK 1- LEAFLET.............................................................................................................................3
1.1- DISCUSS HOW STAKEHOLDERS CAN BENEFIT FROM PLANNING OF TOURISM
DEVELOPMENTS WITH REFERENCE TO QATAR..........................................................................3
1.2 - DISCUSS THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF PUBLIC/PRIVATE SECTOR
TOURISM PLANNING PARTNERSHIPS DRAWING EXAMPLES QATAR.........................................2
TASK 2- REPORT WRITING..............................................................................................................1
2.1- ANALYSE FEATURES OF TOURISM DEVELOPMENT PLANNING AT DIFFERENT LEVELS WITH
REFERENCE TO THE QATAR........................................................................................................1
2.2 - EVALUATE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF INTERACTIVE PLANNING SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES IN
TOURISM DEVELOPMENT WITH REFERENCE TO QATAR...........................................................2
2.3 - EVALUATE DIFFERENT METHODS AVAILABLE TO MEASURE TOURIST IMPACT WITH
REFERENCE TO QATAR...............................................................................................................3
TASK 3-........................................................................................................................................... 5
TASK 4- DRAFT MAGAZINE ARTICLE.............................................................................................15
4.1 - EVALUATE METHODS OF RESOLVING A CONFLICT OF INTERESTS TO ENSURE THE
FUTURE WELLBEING OF A DEVELOPING TOURISM DESTINATION SUCH AS QATAR................15
4.2 - ANALYSE THE IMPLICATIONS OF BALANCING SUPPLY AND DEMAND WITH REFERENCE
TO QATAR.................................................................................................................................. 0
4.3 - EVALUATE THE MORAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES OF ENCLAVE TOURISM IN QATAR..............1
TASK 5- WRITTEN REPORT.............................................................................................................1
5.1 - COMPARE CURRENT ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN A
DEVELOPING COUNTRY AND AN EMERGING DESTINATION WHERE THE IMPACTS OF
TOURISM ARE DIFFERENT. YOUR REPORT SHOULD BE PROFESSIONALLY PRESENTED SUCH AS
USING COMPARATIVE TABLES...................................................................................................1
5.2- EVALUATE, WITH RECOMMENDATIONS, THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM IN
THESE CHOSEN DESTINATIONS..................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................. 5
REFERENCES...................................................................................................................................6
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INTRODUCTION
The tourism industry is one of the most significant and inclusive sectors that gives best
experiences to the people according to their needs as well as contributes its huge part in the
country’s economy. Sustainable tourism can be defined as the concepts of visiting places to
places, which put positive impacts on the environment, society and monetary of the country as
well. It involves transportation services, accommodation, food and beverages, entertainment,
recreation and many others that are related to leisure, business, research, education and many
other purposes. It is directly linked with the sustainable mobility and also helps in generating
future employment for the people. In this assignment, the rationale for planning according to
the development of tourism industry will describe the advantages and disadvantages of public
or private sector tourism partnership planning. Further, different approaches and
methodologies for measuring tourism impacts will cover the area. There are various issues too
that can impact the tourism sector will also describe and in the end, future development
decision making or recommendation will explain in manner.
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TASK 1- LEAFLET
1.1- DISCUSS HOW STAKEHOLDERS CAN BENEFIT FROM PLANNING OF
TOURISM DEVELOPMENTS WITH REFERENCE TO QATAR
Stakeholders are the key elements of an
organization, who are directly or indirectly
connected with the organization and works
according to the enhancement of efficiency
(Akkawi, 2010). There are majorly two types
of a stakeholder such as internal or
external, who makes the strategies and
works according to the accomplishment of
goals and objectives accordingly.
internal stakeholders are employees, staff
members, manager, leaders and other co-
workers while external stakeholders
comprise of government bodies, regulatory
authorities, customers, suppliers, vendors
and many others.
Within the tourism industry of Qatar, the
investors and the employees are major key
stakeholders, who are responsible to make
a strategic decision and also plans for the
development.
On the other hand, customers are also to be
considered as the important part of the
organization, which helps in the
enhancement of profitability as well as the
efficiency of working criteria accordingly
(Ardahaey, 2011). An internal stakeholder
of the company collaborated with the
external stakeholders and then makes the
strategies. Other support authorities are
also included in these criteria, which set the
standards or policies according to the
development and growth.
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Some of the following practices are
described below that are to be considered
for meeting the requirements and gaining
success; such as-
Community: as the tourism industry is huge
sector and collaborated with many other
functional departments and integrated with
the social, culture or economic state of the
field (Briassoulis and Van Der Straaten,
2013). Community plays an imperative role
in making the resources available and giving
comfort zone to the visitor accordingly.
Competitive advantages: the tourism
sector has been used many approaches or
technical aspects in order to development
and growth. The effective training and
usage of innovative ideas might be helpful
for gaining competitive advantages with the
high customer satisfaction. The managers
and leaders are responsible for making
strategies towards gaining competitive
advantages.
Resources: in order to complete the target
and working operations, several resources
are required that is provided by the
management department of organization
and other regulatory support authorities. It
will help in running the operations
successfully that will help in making the
organization more profitable as well.
Responsible culture: as there are different
kinds of people and all they have their own
culture, belief, values and perceptions.
According to the desire of people;
management provides services to them that
can influence the whole sector.
Economic development: tourism industry
also provides opportunities for employment
to the people and helps them to get the job,
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which enables sustainable growth and
improves efficiency (Buckley, 2012).
Integration: industry integrates with other
communities and sectors according to
provide required services or goods to the
people as per their needs and demands in
order to the accomplishment of the goals
and objectives.
1.2 - DISCUSS THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF PUBLIC/PRIVATE
SECTOR TOURISM PLANNING PARTNERSHIPS DRAWING EXAMPLES QATAR
Public or private sector tourism planning
can be defined as the partnership working
criterion that sets the strategies and
regulations according to the make effective
planning towards development and growth
(Choi and Turk, 2011). There are various
kinds of different factors that considered to
influencing factors that can resolve the
conflicting situations as well as other
conflicting situations accordingly.
Different policies or regulations have been
proposed by the government and other
regulatory bodies in order to monitor the
performances effectively towards
generating more revenue and make a
profit. The partnership working with private
and public entity most often called a
corporation, which major aim is to provide
services and goods to the people and
benefitted the organization accordingly.
Benefits of public-private partnership
business while making tourism planning-
 They provide strong infrastructural
solutions to the people and each
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member of the company can do
their work effectively.
 The supportive authorities and
regulatory bodies are responsible to
make plans according to the
enhancement as well as
accomplishing the goals (De Groot,
et al.2010). They set the strategies
for the public and private sector so
that they can do their work in an
effective manner towards
sustainable growth.
 It will also helpful for understanding
the communal integrity as well as
the scope of the industry.
 They run their operations
successfully with the proper use of
available resources and with the
help of skilled workforce.
 Opportunities for employment have
been also given by the sector that
enhances profitability rate as well as
improves economic conditions
accordingly (Gretzel, 2011).
 One of the major advantages is
efficient management policies of the
organization. They also work
according to improve quality of
services towards gaining satisfactory
outcome.
 Proper allocation and distribution of
the resources might be helpful for
the attainment of goals and
objectives.
Disadvantages public-private partnership
business while making tourism planning-
 It may sometimes influence the local
community because of their working
criteria.
 Improper management and
insufficient allocation of resources.
 Ineffective communication may raise
conflicts that put negative impacts
on the industry and mismanage the
operations accordingly (Erkuş-
Öztürk and Eraydın, 2010).
 Limitations regarding employment
services are also considered as the
influencing factor that can hinder
the growth.
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