Sustainable Tourism Development: Planning and Management in Qatar

This report explores the rationale for planning in the travel and tourism industry, focusing on Qatar as a case study. It examines the benefits of stakeholder involvement in tourism development, the advantages and disadvantages of public/private sector partnerships, and different approaches to tourism planning. The report also delves into the need for sustainable tourism, analyzing factors that hinder its development and outlining different stages in planning for sustainability. Finally, it investigates current issues related to tourism development planning, including conflict resolution, balancing supply and demand, and the ethical implications of enclave tourism. The report concludes by comparing current issues in developing and emerging destinations and providing recommendations for future tourism development in these locations.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Task 1: Understand the rationale for planning in the travel and tourism industry..........................4
P1.1 Discuss how stakeholders can benefit from planning of tourism developments with
reference to Qatar........................................................................................................................4
P1.2 Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of public/private sector tourism planning
partnerships drawing examples Qatar..........................................................................................6
Task 2: Understand different approaches to tourism planning and development...........................7
P2.1 Analyse features of tourism development planning at different levels with reference to
the Qatar.......................................................................................................................................7
P2.2 Evaluate the significance of interactive planning systems and processes in tourism
development with reference to Qatar...........................................................................................9
P2.3 Evaluate different methods available to measure tourist impact with reference to Qatar. 10
Task 3: Understand the need for planning for sustainable tourism...............................................12
P3.1 Justify the introduction of the concept of sustainability in tourism development with
reference Qatar...........................................................................................................................12
P3.2 Analyse factors that may prevent/hinder sustainable tourism development with reference
to Qatar......................................................................................................................................12
P3.3 Analyse different stages in planning for sustainability with reference Qatar...................12
Task 4: Understand current issues related to tourism development planning...............................13
P4.1 Evaluate methods of resolving a conflict of interests to ensure the future wellbeing of a
developing tourism destination such as Qatar...........................................................................13
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4.2 Analyse the implications of balancing supply and demand with reference to Qatar...........14
4.3 Evaluate the moral and ethical issues of enclave tourism in Qatar.....................................14
Task 5: Understand the socio-cultural, environmental and economic impacts of tourism in
developing countries and emerging destinations...........................................................................16
P 5.1 Compare current issues associated with tourism development in a developing country
and an emerging destination where the impacts of tourism are different..................................16
P5.2 Evaluate, with recommendations, the future development of tourism in these chosen
destinations................................................................................................................................18
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................19
References......................................................................................................................................20
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Introduction
Sustainable tourism can be explained because the idea of staying an area as
a visitor and make contributions in making the wonderful impact on
the economy, surroundings and the society. In the process of making the tourism
more sustainable tourism plays an important role through involving in the primary transportation
to the general place, motels, nearby transportation, endeavor, nourishment, purchasing, leisure
and so on. The report highlights the primary reason of undertaking the studies that are to gain the
information of the various strategies and the intent to the tourism development and making plans,
modern-day issues and troubles, sustainable tourism and the effect of the tourism. This could
assist in increasing the competencies and understanding of the learner to plan and manipulate the
tourism at every degree which includes local, nearby framework, countrywide, global and so on.
Importance is also elaborated of contemporary tendencies of making plans within the journey
and tourism for the tourism development with the diverse locations. The different stages of the
planning process will help in identifying the theoretical model for the practical case study and
site visits.
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Task 1: Understand the rationale for planning in the travel and tourism industry
P1.1 Discuss how stakeholders can
benefit from the planning of
tourism developments with
reference to Qatar.
Sustainability is the important aspects
of the tourism planning and
development. There are various
stakeholders that make the tourism
more sustainable and contribute their
major contribution in making the
tourism industry more effective and
supportable.
[Source: 123rf, 2018]
The different stakeholders of the
sustainable tourism may involve
government bodies, local community,
tourist, voluntary sector, experts,
specialized media, non-governmental
organization, tourism industry and so
on. These stakeholders make their
contribution in developing the tourism
planning. The Qataris the country that
is having the rich culture and history
such as it hosts around 80 sports events.
In 2019 it will go to host the World
Athletics Champions, FIFA World Cup
in 2022 and the FINA World
Swimming Championships in 2023.
The activities of Qatar will help in
attracting the tourism to come and
visits the country. This becomes the
source of income generation (123rf,
2018. Vector). Other than that the quart
is hosting 150 business conferences
every year so that the businessman
from all over the world can visit the
country and participates in making the
planning of conducting the business.
[Source: Khan, 2017]
The activities conducting by Qatar
increases the demand of the tourism
product and services and forces them to
build more hotels to meet the
increasing demand. Other benefits that
stakeholders contribute in the planning
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of tourism developments are as
follows:
To achieve the determined
objectives: The different stakeholders
of tourism help Qatar in accomplishing
the goals and objectives. For example,
by 2030 the capacity of 1.2 billion
people increases to 1.8 billion. When
the visitors used to come to the country
they not only help in generating the
revenue but also contribute to
accomplishing the determined
objectives.
The main objective of Qatar is as
follows:
 To improve and increases the
employment opportunities
 To protect and conserve the
wildlife
 To make coordination and
better relationship between the
private and public partners
The stakeholders help in improving the
employment opportunities. When the
stakeholders come to the country they
are considered as the source of the
employment opportunities in the
economy. It increases the opportunities
by increasing the degree of skills and
knowledge and allows them to enter
into the workforce of migrant workers,
women’s and the youth (Agarwal,
2013). It increases the employment
opportunities in the different locations
such as transportation,
accommodations, attraction sites, and
transportation. The skilled and trained
manpower is an important aspect of the
tourism development planning that is
contributed by the different
stakeholders often tourism industry.
To maximize benefits: The
stakeholders of the travel industry also
maximizes the benefits such as it
provide infrastructure, coordinate
development and also provide the
consumer protection. This will
contribute in developing the better
decision for the development and
marinating the sustainability of the
tourism sector (Anjorin & Ravi, 2015).
P1.2 Discuss the advantages and
disadvantages of public/private
sector tourism planning
partnerships drawing examples in
Qatar.
Public and personal tourism planning
can be defined because the affiliation
among the public and the non-public
zone so that it will accomplish the
long-term sustainability dreams and
targets. Usually, this is used for making
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the development inside the precise
regions. In phrases of Qatar, public and
the private tourism planning plays a
totally essential position in making the
tourism improvement extra sustainable.
[Source: Oohlala, 2013]
This helps Qatar in making the
sustainable tourism developing country.
Other than that it also help in attaining
the socially desirable goals and
objectives in order to increases the
opportunity of the employment. These
benefits help in Qatar in providing the
quality and standard of life to the
economy. Private tourism planning
help in encouraging the effective use of
the natural resources that are available
in Qatar for example, natural resources,
infrastructure, human resources and
heritage and so on (Barratt
developments, 2017). This type of
planning will help in making the
policies for tourism in a better way that
is beneficial for the local community.
As per the private and public
partnership the different type of
sustainable project in an effective and
cost-effective way. This will increases
the planning of financial resources for
the purpose of development of the
tourism industry.
Beside this, there is a certain limitation
that is made by the public/private sector
tourism planning partnerships on the
sustainable tourism. The different types
of the partnership will increase the
potential risk to the sensitivity to the
investors and shareholders. Along with
this, the model of PPP also faces
various issues while making the
coordination between the public and
private company and entrepreneurs.
Furthermore, it also increases the
financial risk on the monetary
outcomes of the tourism industry of
Qatar (Cohen, 2014). Both the sectors
will create the situation of the lack of
availability of the resources for making
the sustainable tourism in Qatar.
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Task 2: Understand different approaches to tourism planning and
development
Introduction
For effective tourism planning, one needs to follow various steps that are involved in tourism
development planning and those are detailed below:
P2.1 Analyse features of tourism development planning at different levels with
reference to Qatar.
First and foremost thing, for having an effective and efficient tourism planning and
developmental plan, it is necessary to create a proper understanding of all the levels by which
travel and tourism sector is most affected. Those levels are namely, international, national,
regional and local and so as to create a better understanding of these levels one needs to analyze
and understand their characteristics and importance of each in the respective sectors to make an
appropriate plan. Following are the strategies for each level, individually:
International: Nowadays, there are many international organizations such as organization for
economic cooperation and development, which are working with the centrally authorized parties
or government for the betterment of people economically and socially around the globe and is
working on improving the destination plans too. So, the plans should be made in regard to this
and proper analysis and evaluation program followed by implementation program should be
followed (Dummies, 2017).
National: Public sectors and private sectors combined are national sectors where both sectors
work together for the smooth working of the sustainable tourism sector in the country. Here, at
the national level, all the plans and strategies are vision towards the single goals and objectives
and they focus on achieving it more efficiently and more effectively. Same as the Qatar
government, that is working upon these plans to fulfill its tasks along with the private sector
units prevailing in the country.
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Regional and local: As the name suggests, all the strategies and plans made towards the travel
and tourism sector is based on the thinking and needs of the local people. In this level, surveys or
questionnaires based on the needs and wants and basically changes on the side of the local
people in the travel sector is made aware and actions and plans are made in accordance to them
by the regional companies itself based on the culture and beliefs of the region (Ehret, et. al.,
2013).
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P2.2 Evaluate the significance of interactive planning systems and processes in
tourism development with reference to Qatar.
As every sector and departments has its own pros and cons , travel and tourism sector have its
own pros and cons, for briefing its pros are it benefits the government and many private sector
units, its leads to the development of many other sectors prevailing in the respective country, it
introduces new ideas and culture in a country but the cons are more appealing sometimes such
as congested crowds or crowded areas around the sightseeing destinations , traffic problems ,
some foreign and bad habits and exploitation of alien party, depreciation of the countries culture
sometimes, even, and all these cons could be only seen when the tourism planning is not done
sufficiently and adequately (Housh, 2015). So, one could say that it is very necessary to create
and implement a proper plan of action so as to gain more and more of pros of the sector and
reduce more and more of the cons from the sector.
Qatar government should work with the private sector and other regional companies so as to
make an efficient plan towards the achievement of the sustainable tourism in its country. For
that, it needs to understand all the positive and negative factors and needs to make a plan after a
proper analysis and evaluation of each and every strategy designed towards the plan and then, the
implementation should be done.
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P2.3 Evaluate different methods available to measure tourist impact with reference
to Qatar.
Travel and tourism sector is, basically, affected internally and externally by the economic,
environmental, social and political factors where the performance and the offers and packages
are mostly exaggerated. And so as to minimize these factors or to completely remove them from
the travel and tourism sector there are generally, two methods used worldwide, which Qatar
Government could use, namely, Cambridge model and steam model which are developed and
propounded by the experts of a united kingdom based tourism. Following are the methods to
reduce the impact of those factors:
Cambridge model: Cambridge model is the most effective method as it is precise and relevant
and provides the applicable and allowable answers to the problems because it uses survey
methods and maintained and revised information towards the solutions to the problems faced by
the travel and tourism sector (Innovation policy platform, 2013). Qatar government could use
this model to solve its dilemma towards the environmental and economic factors as it could get
the appropriate results through it.
Steam model: Steam model uses various types of aspects towards the problems such as surveys
on the side of local people and the visitors to one country, keeping a count on the number of
tourists approaching in a year, budget and expenditure of the government towards the tourism
sector and etc. Qatar Government could use this model towards to the decision of the products
and services that are made avail to the tourists so that it could be able to cope up with all the
factors that are affecting the performance of the respective sector internally and externally.
Therefore, Qatar Government could use both of those models towards its solutions of the various
factors affecting the working of the travel and tourism sector (Investopedia, 2017).
Conclusion:
By understanding the different factors and issues that are going on in travel and tourism sector,
one could plan and strategies a very efficient and effective control towards the performance of
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this sector and could achieve its sustainability. Qatar Government could use all the above-done
evaluation and analysis so that it could develop a better tourism sector for its tourists.
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Task 3: Understand the need for planning for sustainable tourism
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Slide note: This slide presents the introduction part. This task deeply evaluates the concept of
sustainable tourism development with context to the country Qatar. In this task, the different
factors that affect the sustainability are discussed and evaluate the different stages that may affect
the sustainable tourism development.
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P3.1 Justify the introduction of the concept of sustainability in tourism development
with reference Qatar
Slide note: This slide presents the concept of sustainability. The term sustainability is important
for every economy. In context to the tourism department the sustainability can be explain as the
visiting of place by the tourist. Tourism may involve the local transportation, general location,
entertainment, recreation, nourishment, shopping and so on.
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P3.2 Analyse factors that may prevent/hinder sustainable tourism development with
reference to Qatar
Slide note: This slide presents the factors that affect sustainability. This may involve
environmental factors, economic factors, historical and cultural factors, technological factors,
research importance and religious importance.
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P3.3 Analyse different stages in planning for sustainability with reference Qatar.
Slide note: This slide presents the stages of sustainable tourism development. It may involve the
state of sustainable business review, prioritization, facilitating the stakeholder engagement;
provide a plan to executive and iterative improvement.
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Slide note: This slide presents the stages of sustainable tourism development. The state of
sustainable business review and prioritization is the initial stage of sustainable tourism
development. The first stage will help in understanding current affair of the business whereas the
second stage that is prioritization help in understanding the impact of highest priority.
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Slide note: This slide presents the stages of sustainable tourism development. Another stage may
include facilitate the stakeholder engagement and provide a plan to execute. It is quite important
to engage the stockholders in the sustainable process because they play a very important role.
Stakeholders recognize the needs of relationship; align with companies and core values of
business to making the strong employee support. On other hand planning to executive help in
collaborating the business values and identifies the appropriate level of ownership and
accountability.
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Slide notes: This slide presents the stages of sustainable tourism development. The last stage is
an Iterative improvement. Iterative improvement helps the country in involved in the continuous
improvement process. At this stage, the country can measure or track the progress report and the
outcomes of sustainability. This will help in ensuring the better outcomes for the country.
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Slide note: This slide presents the concept of conclusion part. From the above study, it has been
concluded that sustainability plays an essential role in local, economical community and as a
whole. This help in meeting with the needs and demand with the availability of resources.
Sustainability is having the positive impact on the operations of Qatar.
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Task 4: Understand current issues related to tourism development planning
P4.1 Evaluate methods of resolving a conflict of interests to ensure the future
wellbeing of a developing tourism destination such as Qatar
Current issues related to tourism development planning
Date:
Just like other sectors, travel and tourism sector also have conflicts going on in its internal and
external environment which affects its working thoroughly and as a result, these conflicts should
be resolved so as to bring a complete harmony in the respective sector. These are various
methods towards the unfolding of these conflicts happening in the tourism sector. Following are
the methods which Qatar Government could use:
1. Enhancing the relationships with the stakeholders: Stakeholders are the external parties
which influence the interests of the travel and tourism sector of a country. Conflicts with
stakeholders could result in improper planning and thus, decision making and could lead to
the downfall of a respective sector. Qatar Government could maintain its relations with its
stakeholders by providing them with the accurate and materialistic information and building
trust in them (Khan, 2017).
2. Reducing the culture difference: For developing the effective and adequate tourism
development planning, Qatar government should focus on reducing the differences with its
stakeholders so that it could gain from its competitive edge and could take advantage over
this opportunity.
3. Enclave tourism: Enclave tourism is the new concept which includes proper planning and
plotting of the tourism sector in a country where tourists are given amazing experience of
that place in a limited geographical area and making them comfortable so that they could
enjoy the destinations planned for them despite wasting time in search of the destinations on
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their sides. Qatar Government could use this concept so as to achieve in long run.
Hence, above methods could be used to achieve the suitable tourism planning development
programs.
4.2 Analyse the implications of balancing supply and demand with reference to
Qatar.
As, we all know supply and demand are the market factors or in other words, it could be said that
demand and supply are the forces that control and makes up the total scenario that is known as
the market in any country (Maxted, 2017). Demand is the need and wants which are raised by
the customers or the buyers for certain goods and services and supply is the response to the
demands of that goods and services raised by the customers which are given by the supplier or
suppliers are the people or group of people who provide the mass of public with certain type of
goods and services. Qatar Government should understand this facts and concepts and should
work on both the forces that are acting upon in a market. It should try to do all its planning and
make strategies keeping in mind the demand and supply prevailing in the market.
Demand and supply are more or less controlled completely by the price and the external factor is
ultimately the government. So all the policies and regulations framed by the Qatar government
should be made by keeping in mind the demand of its customers and supply of its suppliers. It
should basically try to bridge the gap between the supply and demand and make it balanced so
that, suppliers could be satisfied by the response of its ultimate consumers and the prices that
they are getting and on the other hand, customers could be satisfied by the products and services
they are getting and paying (Oohlala, 2013).
4.3 Evaluate the moral and ethical issues of enclave tourism in Qatar
Enclave tourism is basically a wide concept of the compact type of the tourism in a country.
Enclave tourism is the term which refers to the tourism covering or prevailing in the limited
geographical area in a country excluding the interest of the external parties of that country. In,
enclave tourism government use to plan each and everything for its tourists like setting
destinations, accommodations and transportation, so that they could get a complete and amazing
experiences from these types of the programs and they could not be exploited by the external or
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the local parties that are present in a country like local travelling companies, locals hotels, and
local restaurants. By the enclave tourism, locals could gain from the foreign parties visiting their
countries and could be able to exploit the interests of the visitors.
Enclave tourism is basically an initiative or the step taken by the governments of the countries so
that, tourists could not be distracted from their destinations and could gain overwhelming
experiences from one country. External or the local parties used to impose their cultural and
religious beliefs and exploit the moral and ethical values of the tourists which is the basic
conflict faced by the tourism sector. Qatar government could use this approach of enclave
tourism and could provide the tourists with the better and comfortable spaces and could avail
them more luxury and enjoyment in the better hotels and resorts and better destiny and its
advantages (Khan, 2017). So, the Qatar Government could use the enclave tourism concept so as
to minimize the moral and ethical issues.
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Task 5: Understand the socio-cultural, environmental and economic impacts
of tourism in developing countries and emerging destinations
P 5.1 Compare current issues associated with tourism development in a developing
country and an emerging destination where the impacts of tourism are different.
Developing country
Travel and tourism sector is growing at a fast
rate.
So, the travel and tourism companies could
understand and create these destinations and
make them more available to the tourists so
that, they could see or could experience the
hidden gems of the globe and these countries
could help those companies with sustainable
tourism and they would be definitely, able to
attract a lot of customers towards them
(Agarwal, 2013).
Developing countries face the issues of
infrastructure and transportation and
accommodation and etc issues, where on other
hand emerging destinations or countries faces
the issues of safety and popularity which could
be solved by the traveling companies and
improvement could be made so that, both sides
could benefit.
Emerging destination
There are still some countries where tourists
are not interested in visiting those places due to
political and social issues prevailing in those
countries.
But, now in the present world, those countries
are growing and developing where tourists’
interest could be created. These countries are
rich in biodiversity which is now the first
choice of the youth and adults too.
Qatar government could work on creating
destinations to these countries that are
emerging in the real world now and are making
their own picture. Such countries are Bhutan,
Gambia, Jordan, Colombia, Mauritius, Uganda,
Zambia, Mexico and on the other hand , there
are some countries which are developed but are
not in the bucket lists of the tourists, because of
the less popularity of these countries among
the public such countries provide the perfect
example of sightseeing and infrastructure is
eye candy, here, basically (Anjorin & Ravi,
2015). Such countries are Qatar, Tibet,
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Mozambique, Bolivia, Israel, Bulgaria, and
Hungary.
So, by minimizing the issues prevailing in both developing and emerging counties, travel and
tourism sector could gain sustainability.
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P5.2 Evaluate, with recommendations, the future development of tourism in these
chosen destinations
Travel and tourism sector could be developed and sustained in developing countries like Bhutan,
Gambia, Jordan, Colombia, Mauritius, Uganda, Zambia, Mexico and emerging countries like
Qatar, Tibet, Mozambique, Bolivia, Israel, Bulgaria, and Hungary, by using the following
recommendations designed:
 First and foremost thing is language. Local and country language is something which is
the ultimate problem of the tourists, for which measures should be taken so that
communication could be smooth and soft.
 Developing countries basically have the problem of accommodation and transportation
which should be improved and investment should be made in respect of them (Barratt
developments, 2017).
 Emerging countries have the problem of safety which should be kept mind as no one
would be willing to risk their lives in the unknown country so this should be cured.
 Both countries even face the problem of marketing which should be done on the mass
amount and accurate and material information should be provided to the tourists so that
they could get what they have expected.
Hence, travel and tourism sectors industries should work on these major issues faced by both
type of countries so that, tourists could evidence a more biodiversity or infrastructural rich
destination on the globe (Dummies, 2017).
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Conclusion
From the above, it has been concluded that sustainable tourism creates the appropriate stability
between the economic, environmental and the social-cultural activity of the tourism development
which plays a major role in the protecting the environment and the biodiversity. This will help in
minimizing the impact of the environment and the local culture in order to avail the future
generation through distributing the income, employment opportunity and the protection of the
local ecosystem. Through doing so this will help in maximizing the positive contribution of the
culture of the environment and the local and the tourism to the biodiversity protection for the
purpose of reducing the poverty and the accomplishment of the common goals towards the
sustainable development. The study evaluates how sustainable tourism provides the crucial
economic incentives for the protection of the habitat. The revenue is generated from the visitors
that is spent upon building the programme of the local community to manage the conservative
locations. Other than that tourism is the key factor that raises the awareness and fostering
behavior in order to change the biodiversity conservation among the different travelers.
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