Sustainable Tourism Development in Qatar: A Comprehensive Analysis

This research paper explores the multifaceted aspects of sustainable tourism development in Qatar, a rapidly growing tourist destination in the Middle East. It examines the benefits of stakeholder involvement in tourism planning, analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of public-private partnerships, and evaluates different methods for measuring tourist impact. The paper also delves into the implications of balancing supply and demand, the moral and ethical issues of enclave tourism, and the current challenges faced by Qatar in achieving sustainable tourism development. Finally, it provides recommendations for future tourism development in Qatar, focusing on strategies to address social, environmental, and economic issues.

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Contents
Sustainable tourism....................................................................................................................3
P1.1 Discuss how stakeholders can benefit from planning of tourism developments with
reference to Qatar.......................................................................................................................3
P1.2 Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of public/private sector tourism planning
partnerships drawing examples Qatar........................................................................................4
P 2.1 Analyse features of tourism development planning at different levels with reference to
the Qatar.....................................................................................................................................4
P 2.3 Evaluate different methods available to measure tourist impact with reference to Qatar.
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P 4.1 Methods of resolving a conflict of interests to ensure the future wellbeing of a
developing tourist destination like Qatar...................................................................................7
P 4.2 Analyse the implications of balancing the supply and demand with reference to Qatar. .8
P 4.3 the moral and ethical issues of enclave tourism in Qatar..................................................9
P 5.1 Current issues related with tourism development in a developing country and an
emerging destination where the impacts of tourism are different..............................................9
5.2 Recommendation for Tourism Development.....................................................................10
Reference list............................................................................................................................13

Sustainable tourism
As the population is growing in a fast pace past and the demand for resources in exceeding
beyond limitation there is an urgent call from the entire universe to promote more and more
sustainable development. The same goes for any genre. Tourism is the sector which has
recorded highest growth in the global economy. To define sustainable tourism we can say
that it is an approach to maintain a balance between the various aspects of tourism sector. It
specifies that the companies should try to optimise the available resources and use them
wisely so that it does not affect the environment while keeping in mind that development
should speed up in fast pace. It focuses on generating employment, maintain biodiversity,
give quality service to the customer and last but not the least economic and sustainable
development.
P1.1 Discuss how stakeholders can benefit from planning of tourism developments with
reference to Qatar
Qatar, a country in the Middle East is a hot tourist location. The tourism department of this
country has set goals for the entire globe to be a country to have gained excellence in
achieving sustainable tourism. The number of tourist visiting Qatar has grown to more than
12% from the year 2015 till date. The country is a host to various events and it has recorded
more than 3.2 bn visitors in a year. Some of the events that are hosted by Qatar are – Eid-al-
Fitr, Eid-al- Adha, summer festivals, football events, many more sports events and the FIFA
2022 football world cup is also going to be hosted by Qatar. In the last year the country had
received more than 30bn in investment for development in infrastructure. The tourism sector
of Qatar has also reported that more than 30,000 rooms are needed to be built to match the
raging demand. So from the above scenario we can understand that Qatar is fetching high
growth in the travel and tourism sector (Forstner, 2018). As the demand of tourists increases
there increases chances of more and more employment. As there is an urgent call for
sustainable development in tourism the tourism department needs proper management team
to plan the sustainable development of such. Therefore it needs people to do that. The
stakeholders like- tour agents, transport department, government, marketing agencies, and
last but not the least the tourists are benefitted. There is generation of employment in the
infrastructure and hospitality sector as new rooms, furniture are needs to be supplied
(Ottenbacher et al., 2018). Planning starts from research and continues through collecting

data, analysis of data and many more to cover every aspect of the economy to ensure majority
of the stakeholders are benefitted.
P1.2 Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of public/private sector tourism
planning partnerships drawing examples Qatar
Private sector comes with innovation and efficiency when it comes to development but
mostly we are aware of the exploiting nature of the private enterprises when it comes to
people, places, resources while on the other hand public enterprises are focused in
implementing old school methods in attaining its goal through protecting people’s rights and
ensuring equality amongst all. For achievement of sustainable development both these
enterprises should work together to utilise its strength to establish such. Private sector ranging
from tour agents, hotels, amusement parks, bars, clubs provide essential services and products
so that tourists enjoy hassle free holiday in Qatar while public enterprises like – government
tourism department, various NGO’s play crucial role in marketing recent developments in the
country which will give awesome experience to the tourist and also spread awareness and
knowledge about the harmful effects of pollution, healthy lifestyle and living etc (Saarinen,
2018). Various public sector enterprise produces low cost and eco friendly products like-
guide maps, bin bags, eco-friendly plastics etc to establish and maintain biodiversity.
Government campaigns of Qatar to train the various stakeholders about recent trends in
services, hospitality, and sustainability are few examples of public enterprises. Therefore
strong relationship between various bodies of public-private sector can improve the
employment rate of Qatar, improve biodiversity, improve tourist experience etc. Though
there are advantages but there are some disadvantages too of establishing public-private
enterprise in tourism planning. First of all a finance constraint will be a very big possibility
because collaboration between these too is a big picture. There are chances of collision and
conflicts between the two due to diverse working ethics and objectives, one work for profit
and the other works for equality and service.
P 2.1 Analyse features of tourism development planning at different levels with
reference to the Qatar.
In this era of widespread development and usage of internet, development happening in every
corner across the globe can be easily accessed within a flick of a second. If it would have
been 30 years back then the context of different level would not have popped up for

discussion but as the generation is inclining towards globalization and liberalization, people
across the globe are connected, literacy rate has increased so it is concern for all sectors
especially tourism because it is the largest sector and it is directly related to the dynamic
nature of human beings. Nowadays planning about tourism development is taking place at
international level in co-ordination to national, regional and sub-regional level (Hales and
Larkin, 2018). As Qatar is a country with rich culture and heritage and it has its goodwill as
the oil and gas company it is giving its best efforts to develop sustainable tourism plan to
satisfy the tourist’s demands and the demands and expectation of various stakeholders. Major
steps had been taken by Qatar in establishing healthy relationship among the diverse
communities so that every corner of the country works towards the common goal of
hospitality and service to the tourist coming to visit their country. Qatar has been awarded
many times for successfully achieving sustainable development goals in tourism and now the
tourism department of the country has been offered the responsibility to work with major
international organisations of tourism to set international standards for providing services in
tourism sector (Woosnam et al., 2018). The features of tourism development planning at
different level are presented in brief below. They are:
1. International- As we have already discussed that the generation is nowadays more
inclined towards globalization and liberalization so tourism companies and tourism
departments of countries which are hot tourist destination like Qatar which records
more than 3bn tourists a year is working towards the building strategy to implement
policies for development with respect to international standards because hot tourist
location attracts diverse people and everyone should be treated equally and given
proper and quality service (He et al., 2018). For that reason Qatar tourism is working
towards creating an environment where tourist from every corner of the globe can feel
homely.
2. National- The actual part of the planning takes place in the national level because that
is where the practical implementation takes place. The government bodies, Tourism
department of Qatar holds the responsibility of creating awareness about the changes
to be made, directs the tour agents, transport department, administration and different
stakeholders about the rules, regulations and policies to carry out the action (Rossi et
al., 2018).
3. Regional level- This is the stage where the tourism department of Qatar conduct
special committee to introspect the road connectivity of various regions of the

country, research and explore any new tourist attraction, developments that are
possible. Training is given to local businessman about the changing trends in the
market and they are made aware of the approaches they are going to use to smoothly
run the operation while maintain sustainable development (Tan et al., 2018).
4. Sub-regional - It is just the extension of the regional level but it is more important
than we can even image because exploration is very common nowadays among
tourists. Tourists are more inclined to adventure sports, exotic village stays, trekking,
hiking and all these things happen in the sub-regions (Cisneros-Martínez et al., 2018).
Tourism of Qatar implemented a special unit to these regions to fetch maximum
benefit from it and market the same to build goodwill.
P 2.2 Evaluate the significance of interactive planning systems and processes in tourism
development with reference to Qatar.
The word interactive comes from the word interaction. Interaction is the most important part
of any plan. Because from starting to the end the whole planning department has to go
through extreme stages of research to collect data and information to formulate a plan which
can be converted into action. Interaction should be active in the system of planning and it
should be ongoing and transparent. The tourism department of Qatar think of interactive
planning system as most important when it comes to sustainable tourism development
because now the country is planning on international level so the entire department of tourism
should track of every problem in the system of action (Park et al., 2018). The theory of
interactive planning system makes sure every stakeholder in the tourism sector has equal say
in any process so that strong inter-relationship can be developed within private-public
enterprise to smoothly run the operation of service to the tourists. For example a tour agency
should consult with the public transport department of the country where it is planning to
organise the tour and the transport department is expected to pass on the correct information
to the agency so that the tourists doesn’t have to be bothered about whether transport will be
available in the peak season (Ankomah and Larson, 2018). Another example is the tourism
department of for example Qatar should present an integrated report about its tourism on the
website about recent development, travel charges, strikes in the country and latest news so
that tourist and the travel companies can plan according.

P 2.3 Evaluate different methods available to measure tourist impact with reference to
Qatar.
Impact of innovation, process, and action is always multi-directional. Here is little method to
understand the tourist impact. They are-
Market analysis- It is very important to consider the market of tourists before you can plan
and make strategy of action for sustainable development of tourism. Qatar tourism
department has been doing this quite wisely for years by introducing interactive social media
network to create a platform where tourist, tour agents, different other stake holders can share
their views, opinions, idea so that the information and technology department can process
such information and send the send to various department so that each department can carry
on the process of action in co-ordination and achieve a common goal of hospitality to the
tourists (Ngo et al., 2018).
Environment analysis- tourism no doubt creates imbalance in the ecology that is obviously
created by tourists. Dumping of food packaging in protected wildlife areas, smoking, littering
etc are some of the impacts caused by tourist (Kropinova, 2018). The tourism department of
Qatar has taken many initiatives like arranging awareness campaign, advertising on different
media about the importance of ecological balance.
Task 3 (Refer to PPT)
P 4.1 Methods of resolving a conflict of interests to ensure the future wellbeing of a
developing tourist destination like Qatar
The ways of developing a difference of interest to make sure about the the future wellbeing of
a developing tourist spot like Qatar are many. A developing tourist destination like Qatar
needs to be looked after with lot of care and attention. A place like Qatar is a dream
destination for people all around the globe. In order to make sure about the future wellbeing
of Qatar, the natural resources and the environment of Qatar need to be preserved. If the
natural resources are being depleted at a rapid rate nothing will be left for the generation to
come (Sharpley et al., 2018). It has to be made sure that the resources are not depleted and
are being used in the best way possible. Natural resources are the most important part for any
nation, not being any different for a place like Qatar.
There are unmistakable sorts of beyond reconciliation circumstances in sensible tourism of
Qatar which have negative impact on the future success of this objective. Critical conflicts

have risen between coordinator, visit chairman, guests, government, build and adjacent
gathering. Genuine conflicts happen as a result of the differences between culture of guests
and neighbourhood gathering. People of Qatar have taken after Islamic religion thusly,
differentiate among benchmarks and feelings make complex situation (Nowacki et al., 2018).
Thusly, there is a proper way to settle these kind of conflicts in which commitment of
untouchable helps in influencing coordination among travellers and neighbourhood to
gathering and provide a course of action which is perfect for social events.
Genuine conflict happens as a result of the differentiations between culture of guests and
neighbourhood gathering. People of Qatar have taken after Islam as a religion and guests of
remote country have a spot with different religions along these lines, differentiate among
norms and feelings make complex condition. Along these lines, there is a proper way for to
settle this kind of conflicts that consists commitment of untouchable help in making
coordination among guests and adjacent gathering and provide with a plan that is certain for
the two groupings. In separate, exists assorted methodologies of council of Qatar which
makes some psyche boggling conditions for explorers at the period of obligation portion (Isik
et al., 2018). Along these lines, such sorts of disputes can be settled by using all around
requested methodology of trade off in which reason and impacts of conflicts are perceived by
the court of the area lawmaking body of the Qatar. Genuine master assistants in affecting
course of action of disputes with the thinking of all standards and different directions.
Likewise, there are different conditions that legitimate coordination; trade and get-togethers
help settle the conflicts among different accomplices of tourism industry in Qatar. Every
single system helps in maintaining extraordinary photo of the development of travel and
tourism industry in Qatar at the highest point of the need rundown of various visitors
P 4.2 Analyse the implications of balancing the supply and demand with reference to
Qatar
Supply and demand are very important aspects of any business or enterprise. It is no
difference to the travel and tourism industry in a place like Qatar. Every tourism destination
be it Qatar needs to maintain a healthy balance in the supply and demand ratio. The supply of
any goods or resources depends on the demand of that particular good. They are both
interdependent on each other. There are diverse strategies that help in maintaining a balance
between demand and supply. (Blancas et al., 2018). Diverse variables that specifically affect
the demand and supply services of the tourism industry. In this way, proper estimation of
interest and advancement of arranging procedures help in dealing with the request and supply

in successful way. Each one of these variables help in improving the managing and
correspondence between inward and outer state of tourism sector in Qatar. Determining,
supply of excellent services can be overlooked by ideal usage of usable resources of Qatar. In
this manner, each of the above mentioned strategies are apt for maintaining a healthy balance
between demand and supply.
P 4.3 the moral and ethical issues of enclave tourism in Qatar
There are diverse moral and ethical issues of territory tourism, for example, the health of the
guests and proper medical facilities, safety for money, stretch, lack of transportation, and bad
services, heath and monetary issues, etc. Qatar is still developing, which means that it still
lacks a lot of high quality services. There is an ever increasing competition in territory
tourism along these lines, for enhancing maintainable improvement of travel and tourism
area. These arrangements will help to settle every single of these issues in a viable manner.
The security of every other tourist that visits Qatar is a big responsibility. It has to be made
sure that no tourist visiting Qatar should face such problems like security, lack of
transportation, improper services, etc. Morality and ethics play a very important factor in the
tourism sector.
P 5.1 Current issues related with tourism development in a developing country and an
emerging destination where the impacts of tourism are different
Issues regarding society- there are many social issues that hinder the development of the
sustainable development of tourism in developing countries like- India. Literacy issue is one
such. It is very important for the country to be educated so that the policies introduced by the
tourism department. There is still orthodox thinking among the people in developing country
which does not accept diverse culture. The people of developing countries like- India,
Bangladesh, Nepal who resides in the rural areas are still inexperienced about the diverse
culture whereas Tourism is growing at a past pace and due to development of technology and
network people from every corner of globe can go anywhere. So people here do not accept
liberalised approach and sometimes show rude behaviour to the foreign tourist but these are
the places which has huge resources of tourism to attract more tourist. Whereas in
comparison to that country like Dubai which is much smaller in comparison to these
developing country attracts around 3bn tourists a year reason being people of high morale and
high literacy rate. Though it faces issues regarding dress code of tourists especially female

and has strict legislation for women wearing short dresses which hinders development
because it causes tourist to repulse back their decision.
Issues related to the environment: As developing countries does not have proper
management and as said before Low literacy rate often degrades the morality of a human
being. People often don’t understand how the environment works. People in the developing
countries often make the tourist location dirty. In India more than 65% people stays in rural
areas where they do not have proper sanitation , light , drainage , road network so people
have to do toilet in the ground which often hinder development of the potential tourist spots.
Whereas due to strong economy of developed countries like Qatar the tourism department
does not have to bother about eradiuicating poverty but to develop and maintain which has
already been created . Though developed countries have other problems which cannot be
overlooked like- air pollution, sound pollution.
Issues related to economy: Variation of cash related position of the nations is the gigantic
issue for current tourism change. Then again, Qatar has gone up against some other cash
related issues, for example, low time of work, money related spillage, and so on. Economy of
any particular nation is an important factor. Tourism helps and benefits the economy of a
emerging nation. The same is the case for Qatar.
5.2 Recommendation for Tourism Development
Tourism has always been a very favourite thing for any person. Travelling all the places
across the earth is the chance that we human beings get and in one life it is like a opportunity
from the Almighty that we can travel and see what He has made for us. The nature is
wonderful and a mixture of various elements and it is our luck that we have this opportunity
to travel to places. People often refuse to travel because of various problems and to increase
the rates of travelling the government and the associating bodies who earn profit from
travelling has to look after these issues. People often choose to travel when they are young
and their age permits them to move from one to another and enjoy the environment but in this
case no one can help thus we can ignore this issue in developing the rates of tourism across
the world. Next comes the monetary expense, money is needed from travelling and that is
where it has stood out to be a business now a days (Samimi and Seyfi, 2018). Tourism is a
very prospering business in the coming years. People often see posts and pictures of the

various beautiful corners of the world where it tempts the young generation to visit. The
social media is a very important tool to increase the craving for travelling of the upcoming
generations. The social media now binds almost every age group and through that people can
draw the attention to visit a place for leisure purposes. Sowing pictures of the places is the
most important tool to attract tourists to those places. Another very important thing is the
culture of a certain place. When there are talks going all around the world regarding a
particular festival of a place people often get enthusiastic to visit that place and witness those
moments. Therefore government has to keep in mind that they advertise and spread the word
of any cultural festivities that the places celebrate. Next and another very important thing to
draw the attention of the people is by creating movies on that place. A movie with the genre
of travelling is it with friends or family, when a storyline focuses on a particular place we
often see the youth making it a travel goal to visit that place. These things affect the
psychologies of the travelers to reach out to the various places. And directly even there are
various ways where an organization can increase t he travelling rates. The government has to
make traveller friendly policies for the travelers to visit that country, there has to be low tax
rates for the [people and the exchange rates of the money is also needed to reduce
(Vongsaroj, 2018). Apart from these advertising is the key tool that anyone can use to bring
in or draw the attention of the people. The infrastructure and the environment for the tourists
have to be made easier so that people chose the destination at one choice. Safety and security
is also a very important factor. Any person before choosing a destination decides it by seeing
the safety and security of that place, the governmental scenario and the news running in that
place. These are very important things for the travelers. Cheap rates, Attractive travel
packages, developed sight-seeing areas and easy transport availability helps to attracts more
and more tourist to any spot

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