Sustainable Tourism Development in UK

5 TASK 35 3.1 Introduction of the concept of sustainability in tourism development 5 3.2 Analyse of factors that prevent sustainable tourism development with reference to UK 6 3.3 Different stages in planning for sustainability7 TASK 47 4.1 Evaluation of methods of resolving conflict of interest to ensure future for well being developing tourism destination 7 4.2 Analyse implications for balancing supply and demand 8 4.3 Evaluating moral and ethics issue of enclave tourism in UK. 9 5.2 Recommendation for future development of tourism in UK and Egypt 10 CONCLUSION

Sustainable Tourism
Development

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
1.1 How stakeholders are benefited from planning of tourism development with reference to
UK..........................................................................................................................................1
1.2 Advantage and dis-advantage of private/public sector.....................................................2
TASK2.............................................................................................................................................2
2.1 Features of tourism development planning at different level. .........................................2
2.2 Significance of interactive planning systems. .................................................................4
2.3 Evaluation of impact of tourism and a range of methods in order to measure those
impacts....................................................................................................................................5
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................5
3.1 Introduction of the concept of sustainability in tourism development ..........................5
3.2 Analyse of factors that prevent sustainable tourism development with reference to UK 6
3.3 Different stages in planning for sustainability..................................................................7
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................7
4.1 Evaluation of methods of resolving conflict of interest to ensure future for well being
developing tourism destination...............................................................................................7
4.2 Analyse implications for balancing supply and demand..................................................8
4.3 Evaluating moral and ethics issue of enclave tourism in UK...........................................8
TASK 5............................................................................................................................................9
5.1 Current issue that are associated with sustainable tourism development and destination.9
5.2 Recommendation for future development of tourism in UK and Egypt........................10
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................12

INTRODUCTION
Sustainable tourism development is concerned with the various guidelines and different
management practices which are relevant to the tourism and with the different types of
destinations. Tourism industry is growing in the market place at the tremendous rate and this
needs the participation of all the perspective stakeholders to be informed and assures political
leadership to assure wider involvement of people. Taken location for this assessment is UK
which has a large number of tourist attractions such as London Eye, beautiful landscapes, exotic
beaches etc. This report will explain the rationale for planning in travel and tourism industry and
it will also concentrate on understanding different approaches to tourism planning and
development. It will also concentrate on understanding the need for planning for sustainable
tourism and various current issues related to tourism development planning. It will also
understand the present issues relating to tourism and impact of various socio cultural,
environmental and economic factors on tourism in developing countries.
TASK 1
1.1 How stakeholders are benefited from planning of tourism development with reference to UK.
Stakeholders are those persons who directly or in-directly impacts upon business
operations and activities of a company. Stakeholders that are related with tourism sector of UK
are local people, employees of organisations, government and supplier etc. some of the benefits
that are included are mention as below:
Economic development- With the more number of customer or tourist that visit a
country. The number of employment is increased that to develop and sustain the economy of
country as persons are earning sufficient amount of money. UK is able to attain tourism sector as
strength that help to earn more revenue because large number of customer are visiting their place
from whole world (Torres-Delgado and Saarinen, 2014). Local people will get the benefit as
they get the employment opportunities and other opportunities for improving their livelihood.
Community- This local community of UK country will be benefited as the government
can achieve their goals and aims with the development of tourism sector. In this case of
developed country like UK, competition and employment are two factors which help to gain
more benefits in tourism sector. The community of the UK will get benefit as the local job
opportunities will increase as well as the tax collection which will be used for the development
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of schools, roads and other infrastructure. This will assist the local community in improving their
living standard as well as knowledge.
Competitive advantage- Country are attracting clients from whole world so it is essential
for them to collect all resources that are required by employer as well as visitors also. The
healthy and fair competition in the industry help companies to develop new technique by which
they are able they reduce their service cost because it helps to increase their profits. Investors
will get the benefit as the reduced cost will enhance the profit and that will enhance the return on
investment for the investors.
1.2 Advantage and dis-advantage of private/public sector
The partnership among the public and private tourism sector can impact the UK nation in
both negative and positive manner. There are several advantages and disadvantages of such kind
of partnership which is discussed below:
Advantages
 Public and Private Partnership assist the economy of UK in ensuring proper investments
into public sector for proper resource management in order to provide the services of high
quality and in timely provisions. Such kind of partnership are also useful in reducing the risk for managing the
expenditures in effective manner as the work is divided into both private and public
sector.
Dis-advantage
 The main disadvantage of public and private partnership is that the development of the
infrastructure can result in more cost for the country.
 Also the service procurement procedure in public and private partnership is more lengthy
and costly as compared to the traditional public procurement.
 The project agreements and objectives for the public and private partnership are long-
term, complicated and inflexible as it is not possible to evaluate all the future events
which can impact the future activities of the nation.
TASK2
2.1 Features of tourism development planning at different level.
Tourism development planning has various stages and they are discussed below:
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 Assessment of tourist demand and supply: This step is related to the analyses of the
present situation and produces the direction for succeeding stages.
 Establishing objectives: In this step, the relevant and proper objectives for the tourism
are set with the help of detailed research and analyses.
 Territorial planning: In this step, a specific attention will be given to the natural and
cultural assets of the country. It will avoid the damage which will result from an
unbalanced exploitation of economic value.
 Basic infrastructure: The elements of infrastructure is the combination of various
services and utilities which needed for the effective operation of the tourism destination.
 Financial planning: This is one of the crucial element for successful tourism
development plan. This will help in estimating and assessing the cost required for
implementing and developing the plan.
 Human resource planning: To attain business objectives, the tourism industry will also
needs the appropriate amount of personnel who will have the potential skills and
knowledges in order to accomplish the goals and objectives.
 Administrative structure: This type of structure is concerned with the preparation of
legislation and legal aspects such that it will help in installation of various tourism
services.
 Marketing and promotion: This is the final stage of the plan where the country will be
using different promotional tools for launching a tourism industry. For instance,
advertisements in newspaper, radio, television, magazines, etc.
 Monitoring progress: At this step, the control will be done by comparing the planned
actions and actual actions. If any deviation will be found then the corrective actions will
be taken.
 Time factor: This is relates to the time which will be taken to reach to the sustainable
tourism industry. It is the fundamental factor and assist in the preparation of the plan and
identification of the objectives is related under this.
Tourism development planning is a very crucial concept because for making plans it is
important for UK to characterise the different levels of planning and they are discussed below:
 International level: The primary aim of international organisation like OECD is
concerned with promoting the various policies and procedures which will have the strong
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contribution in improving the economic and social well being of people across the global
world (Salazar, 2012).
 National: In UK, they act as a roadmap to promote the London, where they can increase
the incoming tourism to the Britain with the help of advertising that this is best
destination and is available for sale throughout the world.
 Regional: The characteristics of this is particularly in nature is related to the various
details which involves various local communities. It is related to the specific cities or
particular destinations like London, Kent, etc.
 Sub regional: They are required to work closely with the regional and national level of
organisations. The plans on this will required to include water supply, sanitation, types of
services etc. Thus, they will depend on international enterprises in order to encourage
them to promote and protect the different destinations and attractions.
2.2 Significance of interactive planning systems.
Interactive planning sessions are concerned with serving the platform which will enhance
the collaboration between a cross section of project stakeholders and different team members
who will be responsible for exploring, discussing and developing solutions about a relative
aspect of the project.
Interactive planning system plays a very crucial role in the travel and tourism industries.
It will have the greater opportunity in tapping large number of customers (Ruhanen, 2013). This
is because, London is the destination where the company will get all the available resources
which are important for the company. They will apply the suitability of plans which will focus
on first understanding the position of the country through out the world. This will assure that
even if, the country has enormous resources, they are not being wasted and using all the available
resources appropriately with efficiency and effectiveness. It will also support the government of
the London in developing future plans regarding the sustainability such that they can develop
unique position of themselves in the market place.
2.3 Evaluation of impact of tourism and a range of methods in order to measure those impacts.
Tourism is a very large industry and due to its immense operations it has several impacts on its
operations and functioning such as technological, political, diverse needs of the customers,
technological innovations, etc. will have a significant impact on the industry. The primary
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motive of making and developing plans is related to providing satisfaction by measuring the
impact in UK and they are discussed below:
 Economic measures: These factors are related to the profitability and financial stability
of the companies. Under this, the Wembley international hotel, it takes into account that
the investment which have been made by the government of the country is suitable
enough to generate the reliable profitability and returns (Reihanian and et. al., 2012). For
this, various measures will be taken like controlling the foreign exchange rates,
minimising the taxation which will reduce the cost and more and more customers will
cherish to visit the destination.
 Environmental measures: To maintain and protect the environment from harmful acts,
the government of the country has taken various laws which are applicable for all sort of
activities including tourism. The motive is to identify the upcoming threat for the
business and ensuring that various measures can be taken which does not harm the
environment. For this, EIA that is environmental impact assessment has been used which
includes activities like environment evaluating system, limitations for natural assets, etc.
 Social measures: There are various socio cultural factors which affects that affects the
operations of the tourism industry. The Wembley international hotel makes sure that their
functions and operations does not affect the life of people and for this they must use the
renewable sources of energy. The measures which will taken under this is, that industry
will have immense workforce who will be able to adopt changes as per the dynamic
needs and requirements of the customers.
TASK 3
3.1 Introduction of the concept of sustainability in tourism development
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Sustainability in tourism activity can be defined as process for developing and managing practice
which includes several improvements in culture, natural beauty of specific place so that current
requirements of customers can be fulfilled effectively. With the help of this process, host region
can easily fulfil the requirements of customers in future period of time. It is also an anticipation
which supports the government of nation in managing several resources like economic, social
and environmental so that cultural integrity, diversity can be managed in proper manner.
International tourism development also uses several methods so as to attract several travellers of
different region towards the nation. It not only helps the nation in generating employment
opportunities for individuals but also support in terms of economic development. It also includes
several factors that assists the UK nation in managing their natural resources so that travellers of
different places can enjoy the beauty of nation. Some factors that supports the UK nation in
becoming sustainable in terms of tourism which are given as below:
Triple Bottom Line- It includes three parts like financial social and environmental
sustainability of nation so that large number of travellers can attracted towards the beauty of
nation. This part of sustainability is used by several nations so as to maintain their position and
sustain themselves in attracting travellers of different region towards the nation.
World Travel and Tourism Council- This organisation is formed for enhancing
awareness of organisations regarding the negative impact of travel and tourism in economy. This
council also helps the travel and tourism firm so that their effective contribution can be gained
for economic development of nation.
3.2 Analyse of factors that prevent sustainable tourism development with reference to UK
In this task some factors are discussed that prevent the sustainable development of
company.
Cost- This is the primary factor that can restrict the middle and lower individuals for
travelling such as middle and lower class individuals can't afford facilities due to which tourism
development is not possible in the nations .
Safety- This is essential factor that is major concern for travellers. If travel companies in
UK nation does not provide safety and security to their travellers then it will impact the whole
growth of travel and tourism industry .
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Crime rate- The crime factor impact on tourist to visit particular country. Moreover it not
only impacting on internal country but it decrease rate of tourist that result country has to face
loss for investment. In circumstance of UK it is good as there is less rate of crime that build trust
among travellers for their safety.
3.3 Different stages in planning for sustainability
Different stage that relate with sustainable plans is as follow:
Objective and goals- It is the first step in which travel and tourism department of UK
nation have to frame plans and policies for travel and tourism organisations along with long and
short term goals so that favourable outcomes can be received in terms of sustainability.
Tourism system- In this stage travel and tourism companies of UK nation have to make
proper systems so that they can understand that how to deal with different people or clients .
With the help of it, travellers of different region will be attracted towards the nation.
Evaluating of alternatives- In it, organisations which are engaged in travel and tourism
industries of UK have to explore different situation s and identifying several alternatives which
will not only supports in sustaining the tourism activities but also satisfying the needs of
customers.
Monitor and evaluation- It is the last stage in which travel and tourism organisations
have to monitor their regular activities so that it is easy loophole can be found and measures can
be taken for filling it.
TASK 4
4.1 Evaluation of methods of resolving conflict of interest to ensure future for well being
developing tourism destination
Some methods that are used by organisation to resolve conflict in organisation is as
follow:
Interpersonal relation between stakeholders- Healthy and positive relationship among
employees, organisation, tourist etc. help country to increase the number for their customers. For
this they has to manage with different resource such as resource allocation, planning and
formulation of policy for an organisation (Everett and Slocum, 2013). As if inter-personal
relations are present in company then it is easy to avoid the conflict of the interest among
stakeholders.
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Mediation- This method is used by the organisations and other authorities for resolving
their various issues and conflict among the different people or stakeholders. In this method, a
third party resolves the conflict among the conflicted parties by understanding their issues and
problems so that cause can be determined. The government of the UK needs to encourage the
local authorities by providing better employment opportunities to a large number of people such
as accountant, guide, secretary etc.
4.2 Analyse implications for balancing supply and demand
It is essential in each sector to create balance between demand and supply as it help UK
to develop its tourism sector within systematic manner (Dickinson, J.E., and et. al., 2014). If
tourist face issue at the time of travelling or visiting any place, then it decreases demand of
visiting any place. As for each country information is gathered from different sources. So for this
organisation has to arrange all factors that will be use to fulfil demand of customer. Example- If
people want to stay with at low cost budget as it helps to observe life of local people with
enjoyment of local food.
Seasonal arrangement- In UK, different types of program are present for an organisation
that create entertainment for the visitors and also involve tourist to participate in this programs.
Like provide food as per seasonal requirement it help to find out balance between demand and
supply for the country.
Imposition of limits- At the time of season in the tourism sector, there is high demand of
for visiting place of particular country (Connell, J., 2012). It is known as peak season in this
large number of tourist come together to visit particular country. Example- for this country
maintain standard such as setting limit of tourist to visit particular destination. It helps to reduce
waste of resources and to deliver required products that are necessary for fulfil demand of
customers.
4.3 Evaluating moral and ethics issue of enclave tourism in UK.
When the activities to visit a place are planned in small geographic area then it is known
as enclave tourism (Angelevska-Najdeska and Rakicevik, 2012). In this type of destination, the
entire works are arranged by the host country so it is available at cheap rate and country also earn
minimum profit from this sector of tourism. Some of the ethical and moral issue that occur in
enclave tourism is as follow:
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 In this there is more probability that tourist attract with drugs, alcohol or any other
unnecessary that negatively impact on UK visitors.
 As if more number of customer visit any place then the consumption of resources is also
increased that create issue as if it impacts on natural resource.
TASK 5
5.1 Current issue that are associated with sustainable tourism development and destination.
Basis Egypt United Kingdom
Environmental Egypt is considered as the not
good area for the purpose of
travelling because Egypt is
desert area and sun or generate
barriers and problem. In Egypt
at the nigh time people or
tourist are safe because of the
rules and regulation of the
government.
In UK the air pollution and
the forces of climate changes
gives significant impact on
mountainous regions of the
UK. In this grazing and
agriculture activity is also
affected the country's grassy
lowlands.
Economic Egypt is the country which
has the problem related to the
currency and this country is
considered as the more
expensive country.
The economy of the UK is
highly developed and market
oriented. In this buyer and the
seller have most of the
decision making power these
power is not restricted by the
government. In this country
economy is good and well
established.
Social culture Egypt is the area in which
most of the people are
Muslims background. People
In this people are very strict
when it’s come to the
punctuality. British people
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from Muslim background don't
feel comfortable with the
visitors.
shows the affection in the
public. In UK there is no any
limit and restriction in dresses .
Legal factors Egypt is considered as a civil
law system. This country
provides environmental
review. In this there is also a
separate judicial systems for
administration which involve
government ministries.
In UK Children are go
anywhere in the pub but they
van not have alcohol link. In
UK some of the town banning
drinking alcohol in public.
5.2 Recommendation for future development of tourism in UK and Egypt
This task covers some recommendation that are essential for sustainable tourism
development which are mention as follow:
 As tourism industry is growing day by day so in this case both the government of UK
and Egypt developed rules and policy that help improve or develop better image for the
country. With strict laws crime and violence rate is also decreased that provide more
safety to its travellers (Amir, A.F., and et. al., 2015).
 Both public and private sector need to release financial and environmental information
about their country as local community is not aware about opportunities. So for this they
provide training and organise seminar or workshops it help local individuals to generate
more income for tourists.
 Better infrastructure and facilitates that are provided by country or hotel increases the
satisfaction level of customers. It creates positive image of country apart from this
government found new destination places so that local tourism should also be increased.
CONCLUSION
From the above file it has been concluded that tourism industry is one of the most
growing industry in the present business world. People are becoming travellers and this has a
crucial impact on travel and tourism industry. This has raised the questions of sustainability
because of scarcity of resources and environmental concerns. It has a strong contribution in the
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growth and development of the country as it has also generated the job opportunities for various
people. People used to travel different places which is different and unique from their own
country for various purpose like leisure, business, etc. This industry serves wide range of
products and services to its customers like accommodation, relaxation, spa, pool, etc.
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