Sustainable Tourism Development in Qatar: A Comprehensive Analysis

SUSTAINABLE TOURISM
DEVELOPMENT
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INTRODUCTION
Sustainable tourism is defined as the tourism that takes the account of the current and future
social, economic and environmental impact s addressing the need and demand of the visitors,
environment, industry and the host community. In modern scenario, sustainable tourism has
become the need of the tourism industry. This report is an attempt to understand the concept
of sustainable tourism and to probe the various aspects associated with it. This report explains
the rationale and different approaches of tourism planning and development. It further covers
the importance of sustainability in tourism development and the factor affecting the
sustainability is also demonstrated in this work. It further covers the issues which are affects
the tourism development planning. The comparison different issues of developing countries
and emerging destinations are also done in this work.
The case study of ‘Qatar’ is adopted in this work in order to understand the topic deeply and
effectively. Qatar is a Middle Eastern country with rich culture and history. Qatar welcomes a
large volume of the international tourists every year. The visitor attraction Qatar and events
organised in the country attracts the large volume of the tourists. Qatar host around 80 sports
event and 150 business conference annually. In this report, the different aspects of the
sustainable tourism development are explained with respect to Qatar.
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TASK 1
1.1 DISCUSS HOW STAKEHOLDERS CAN BENEFIT FROM PLANNING OF
TOURISM DEVELOPMENTS WITH REFERENCE TO QATAR
It is imperative for a nation to focus on the
effective planning of the sustainable tourism.
Sustainable tourism delivers the various benefits
to the stakeholders. In tourism industry, the
stakeholders are the person who or group who
possess interest in the activity of the tourism.
The change in the tourism influences
significantly to stakeholders. The key
stakeholders of the tourism are local authorities,
investors, trade unions, professionals and
consultants, developers, host community, etc.
These stakeholders play an important role in the
growth and development of the tourism
industry in Qatar. The planning of tourism
development can deliver various benefits to the
stakeholders.
KEY BENEFITS OF THE PLANNING OF TOURISM
DEVELOPMENT TO STAKEHOLDERS
Employment opportunity
A nation requires significant manpower to
achieve the sustainable tourism development
which creates job opportunities. It reflect
positively on the nation’s economy as well as on
its enhances the income of the people (Akkawi,
2010).
Development of Facilities and infrastructure
The planning of sustainable tourism
development covers the improvement in
different facilities and infrastructure. The
accommodation and transportation facility of a
nation get improves to a significant level. It
helps a country in providing better experience to
Figure1 : Stakeholder of planning of sustainable
tourism development
[Source: Scieleo, 2018]
Co-ordination development
It requires collaborative effort to achieve the
sustainable tourism development. It enhances
the co- ordination among the stakeholders
which is beneficial for each of them.
Protection and conservation of the wild life
Planning of sustainable tourism can help Qatar
in conserving the flora and fauna of the nation.
It would be helpful in attracting the tourist as it
would be helpful in attracting the tourists.
Qatar tourism has adopted the proactive stance
approach for the development of the effective
strategy to achieve the desired objectives. The
planning of the sustainable tourism
development can reflect positively on the
income of the stakeholders and can provide
different facilities (Alhowaish, 2016).
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the tourists.
1.2 DISCUSS THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF PUBLIC/PRIVATE
SECTOR TOURISM PLANNING PARTNERSHIPS DRAWING EXAMPLES QATAR
Public- private partnership plays an important
role in sustainable tourism planning. The
coordination among the public and private
sectors is very important for a nation to achieve
the sustainable tourism development. There are
numerous advantages as well as disadvantages of
the PPP which can reflect significantly on the
sustainable tourism development in Qatar.
ADVANTAGES OF PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
IN TOURISM INDUSTRY
The key advantages of pubic private partnership
are mentioned below.
 Better infrastructure solution
 Faster project completion
 High quality projects
 Effective risk management
PPP delivers all the above advantages to a nation
which helps in achieving the sustainable tourism
development. It provides better infrastructure
solutions which can be implemented and
completed on time. The project can be
completed faster in high quality and that also on
time. It also help in developing effective risk
management system to avoid the risks which can
affect the project (Green, 2015).
Figure2: Qatar tourism
[Source: Visit Qatar, 2018]
DISADVANTAGES OF PUBLIC PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIP IN TOURISM INDUSTRY
Although PPP provides several benefits still there
few disadvantages of the public private
partnership in tourism industry which can
influence its effectiveness.
 Less number of private participants
 The government of Qatar cans loss
control
 Conflict of interest
Less number of private participants in Qatar give
rise to problem of cost effectiveness to the
government. The government of Qatar can also
control on the different partnership activities
which may lead to unethical practices. The
conflict of the interest can also occur in private
and public partnership.
It is important of QTA to consider the advantages
as well as disadvantages of public private
partnership in order to achieve the sustainable
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tourism (Foley, et al. 2012).
TASK 2
2.1 ANALYSE FEATURES OF TOURISM DEVELOPMENT PLANNING AT
DIFFERENT LEVELS WITH REFERENCE TO THE QATAR
Sustainable development in tourism gives a tremendous growth in every important sector in
nation whether it is national, international or regional regions. Qatar should include some
major decision to develop their sustainable field in tourism which needs planning at different
levels. The planning objectives which enhance the utilization of resources, provide modern
world to society and create employment opportunities. Planning of Qatar divided in different
levels which is international, national, regional and sub-regional (Giampiccoli and Mtapuri,
2015).
INTERNATIONAL LEVEL
Development planning process at international level try to set the objectives which enhance the
transportation services of the country apart from this objective for giving best tourism
programmes which can attract large numbers of tourists. It is necessary for Qatar to make an
sources, strategies and conduct promotional events for received huge volume of tourists in
their country.
NATIONAL LEVEL
Planning for tourism development at national level gives various policies about physical and
organizational structure. This planning is very useful for domestic tourists and also extends the
routes for connecting the regions. Qatar should focus on this level of planning which provide
terms policies for their nation
REGIONAL LEVEL
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