Sustainable Tourism Development in the UK: Principles, Stakeholders, and Macro Environmental Trends

Tourism Environment and
Industry

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
Tourism can contribute towards environmental protection, conservation as well as
restoration in regards with biological diversity and adoption of sustainable practices by using
natural resources (Barnes, Burgess, and Pearce, 2019). Tourism and environment are closely
related and considered as a constant indicator of its development in a strategic manner. Effective
tourism activities provides a compelling incentive for government bodies as well as organisations
in relation with instituting of environmental policies along with conservation measures. In order
to understand the tourism environment as well as its stakeholders, UK is chosen as tourism
destination country. UK consists of varied tourism destinations such as Tower of London, The
British Museum, Historic Yorkshire.
This essay demonstrates an understanding of the concept of sustainable tourism as well as
its principles for developing sustainable practices in chosen destination country. It also delves
into understanding of stakeholders who are essentially involved in sustainable tourism
development. This also highlights macro environmental forces which significantly contributes to
sustainable development of tourism destination. This also illustrates evaluation of competitive
micro-environment as well as motivating forces of tourists which can influence the demand of
tourism product.
MAIN BODY
Sustainable tourism can be described as sort of activities which has numerous benefits as
compared to its negative impact on environment, economy as well as communities (Dvarskas,
2017). There are varied responsibilities that needs to be undertaken while maintaining
sustainable tourism such as conserving cultural heritage, protecting natural resources, creating
authentic experiences and many more. Sustainable tourism is considered as beneficial for UK as
it aid in lowering ecological impact, preserve wildlife, keep environment clean and many more.
In context to UK, travel advisors and tourist destination managers are implementing green
accreditation scheme which help travellers in discovering sustainable accommodations as well as
attractions. Tourism industry of UK is considered as important economical sector which provide
lots of opportunities in order to make the sector productive, competitive as well as profitable.
Coming years are also providing varied opportunities for enhancing their productivity as well as
performance level on a global basis. They are also adopting measures for developing sustainable
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