Benefits of Stakeholders in Tourism Development

This article discusses the benefits that stakeholders can gain from participating in the planning of tourism developments. It also explores the advantages and disadvantages of public-private partnership in tourism planning. The focus is on Qatar and its efforts to achieve sustainable tourism development.

SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT
Benfits of stakeholders from planning of tourism developments
For every business and industry, the primary objective is sustainable development
and future growth so that business can grow as well as achieve competitive
advantages in an effective manner. In present era, travel and tourism focus on
adopting sustainability for increasing level and developing industry at global
market. Stakeholders are those who keep interests in shares regarding
organisational growth or success and they can be investors, employees, share
holders, customers, developers, financiers, owners, directors and operators etc.
Qatar country generally recognised with rich culture and history in the
middle East. This country hosts around 80 sports events at annual basis and it is
going to host World Athletics Championships in 2019, 2022 FIFA World Cup and
2023 FINA World Swimming Championships etc. There fore, many of
stakeholders are taking interests and showing their participation in tourism
development in Qatar. There are lots of benefits for stakeholders that they can
take advantages by investing funds in travel and tourism sector in upcoming
years. Hospitality industry and tourism industry are planning for growing business
through expansion in Qatar so that several benefits can be taken.
The national vision 2030 of Qatar lanced in 2011 that consist long term growth
and sustainability in the upcoming year. Therefore, stakeholders have biggest
opportunities to get more benefits or advantages through economic growth of
Qatar. They are focusing on partnership project of public and private that will
bring various changes and utilise comprehensive skills in an effective manner.
Private sector can come up with new ideas, talents, knowledge and skills for
completing project in well manner.
Public sector organisations support in arranging resources and manage them
effectively so that goals or targets can be accomplished. Both sector play vital
role in enhancing productivity and developing society as well as build good
relationship among public and private partners of the tourism industry that leads
better improvement in working within partnership.
The main purpose of tourism planning are providing employment opportunities,
protections and conservation of wildlife, co-ordination among public and private
partnership regarding completing any project. On the other hand, infrastructure
can be improved in Qatar. They can get maximum benefits and provide
protections consumers during visiting any place.
Training pack
Travel and tourism industry is important sector which has huge
contribution in development of economy of Qatar. Training of personnel is
important as this will provides the opportunity to improve aspects which helps in
promotion of travel and tourism activities. The different training methods which
helps in improvement of skills and competencies are defined below:
On the job training method: This method includes providence of training
at that time while they are performing their job. This will helps to improve
knowledge regarding real issues which arise while performing functions.
Off the job training methods: This will includes about providence of
training to personnels at different locations.

In the present scenario, public and private partnership (PPP) can be seen for
completing in projects for country development. It consists as collaboration
among both sector to enhance growth and sustainable development in travel and
tourism industry. Public and private tourism planning play vital role in developing
sustainability of tourism sector of Qatar. There are various advantages and
disadvantages of PPP model such as:
Advantages:
• Public and Private Partnership helps in providing better infrastructure
solutions with the help of project completion in very fast. They support in
reducing time as well as delays by considering time-to-completion and measure of
performances so that effective outcomes can be get.
• They create employment opportunities to the social people or local
community for reducing poverty. This will support in raising income level and
improve standard of living of Qatar's people in well manner.
• PPP model also helpful in utilising available resources by providing proper
protection to the natural and environmental aspects so that country can be
developed and achieve sustainable growth in tourism sector.
• Public and private tourism planning will support in encouraging available
resources and use them effectively for better culture, heritage, human resources,
infrastructure and natural resources as well.
• This model is also beneficial in arranging sufficient financial resources to
complete various projects in efficient, speedy and cost effective manner so that
whole tourism industry can be developed in Qatar.
Disadvantages:
• The major drawback of public and private partnership is restricts to
increase investors and shareholders due to political risks so it can enhance more
costs for government in completion of particular project.
• There can be difficult to face various problems in maintaining
coordination between different private and public companies that result failed to
complete task.
• It is also responsible in increasing financial risks regarding monitory
outcomes in tourism sector of Qatar.
• Both sector involve in a project so there may create any critical situation
such as disagreement, lack of resources, disputes and conflicts during project.
This can affects on the tourism planning and sustainable development for Qatar.
Advantages and disadvantages of public/ private sector tourism planning