Sustainable Tourism Development in Qatar: Need for Planning and Analysis

Sustainable Tourism
Development
Based on
Qatar

Qatar Tourism
In Qatar, major stakeholders are the developers,
travellers, government, operators, management,
shareholders, employees and private as well as public
sector.
Sustainable tourism planning can benefit Qatar in
economic, social and environmental perspective.
Many wonderful people of so many different nationalities
were part of life. Qataris are very friendly, respectful,
hospitable and generous in time, spirit and every way

Task 3
Understand the need for planning for sustainable tourism
P 3.1 Justifying the introduction of the concept of sustainability in tourism
development in Qatar
Sustainability tourism takes full account of recent and future social, economic and environmental
influences and it addresses the needs of the travellers, the desires of the tourism industry and the
environment along with host communities.
Edgell (2016) supported this by saying tourism industry is committed to creating a low impact on local
culture, environment while assisting to generate better future employment for the local people.
The positive side of tourism is to determine the development of positive experience for the common and
local people, travellers and tourism agencies along with hospitality sector.
All eyes now on Qatar at World Travel Market as Qatar have been taking the strategy of sustainable
tourism. UNWTO praised Qatar for taking right initiative on sustainable tourism development and Qatar

Brundtland Report (1987)
Brundtland Report (1987) stated about intergenerational equity as it is the
sum of all needs which are essential for economic growth and equity is
encouraged for the citizen participation (Sustainabletourism.net 2018).
This report identified the development of human resource through poverty
reduction, wealth redistribution, gender equality and environmental
conservation.
In addition, this report provided mandate of strengthening international
cooperation on developing the environment and to propose a new form of
cooperation.
Sustainable development must meet the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generation to meet their own needs also
(Sher et al. 2015). Therefore, the concept of ‘needs’ is essential and this should
be given.