Sustainable Tourism Plan | Report

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Overview
In the contemporary set up, climate change plays a significant role and have impacted
several industries as well as other sectors within the society. For instance, focusing on the
tourism industry, there exists a great relationship and scientists have taken a crucial step towards
incorporating various approaches to deal with the various climate indices as well as associated
impacts. One such approach is through the incorporation of sustainability. Sustainable tourism
can be defined as a concept, which establishes a suitable balance between the economic,
environmental as well as socio-cultural aspects of tourism development. It plays a great role in
conserving biodiversity (Budeanu et al., 2016).
Moreover, all the overall impacts are geared towards using minimal resources towards
gaining maximum output from it financially. It is thus advisable that modern tourism hotels
adopt a sustainable approach in the design as well as renovations of hotels. Financially, the
approach begins from the materials, which are used. Most of the materials used are locally
available, hence saving the cost which would have been incurred in acquiring expensive building
materials. Besides, sustainable tourism adopts the use of renewable resources as a means of
implementing most of its services. One of the most significant utilities in the tourism sector is
energy. Electrical energy is utilized in all activities within the tourism sector to ensure that things
run smoothly and that the customers are satisfied. To achieve this, it means that there must be an
interrupted power supply which is associated with monthly costs (Cucculelli & Goffi, 2016).
However, sustainable tourism will make use of renewable ways such as solar energy,
which upon installation; will generate energy that in the long run is not billed to any power grid.
Additionally, there are design techniques such as the installation of recycling water plants among

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others, which significantly cuts the costs and makes it more sensible to adopt sustainable
tourism.
Design planning
As per Hall, planning for sustainable tourism development is the environmental
preservation planning and comprises of various activities as well as an analysis conducted before
a decision made concerning the way of development. The activities are conducted with the
primary aim of intensive utilization of resources in particular zones without the previous care for
the resource reservations (Hall et al., 2015). With reference to this definition, planning of the
hotel will focus majorly on four specific areas namely Guest Rooms, Guest Services, food &
beverage as well as Administration & Supply Chain Purchasing.
Guest Rooms
Accommodation or rather the guest rooms serves as the greatest portion in the tourism
industry. It takes close to 70% of a tourists schedule, as it involves many activities ranging from
accommodation, food, leisure among others. To promote a sustainable guest room, there are
various activities which should be done. It all begins with the design of the guest room, the
materials utilized within the room, as well as the various equipment’s which have been installed.
Primarily, its design should be facing the sunlight such that maximum light gets to entre through
the windows as well as other openings (Jenkins & Schröder, 2013). Light from the sun in its
form is a sustainable aspect as it is a form of renewable energy. It will assist in saving various
coins that would be spent on the utilization of energy during the day. Additionally, indoor air
quality is a factor that should be considered. The design should allow maximum fresh air and
eliminate the possibilities of using ventilators as well as air fresheners to keep the room fresh.