Tourism Planning and Environment: The Great Barrier Reef

Tourism planning and environment
Tourism planning and environment
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Tourism planning and environment
Tourism planning: 1.The Great Barrier Reef
Introduction
The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef located in the Coral Sea coast of
Queensland in the present day Australia. It is mainly composed of little organisms called coral
polyps. This reef strongly supports a wide range of diversity life as protected by the Great
Barrier Reef marine park. It protects it from environmental pressures such as run off, adverse
climatic change and coral bleaching. Large populations of fish live specifically in the reef.
However it is faced by environmental challenges such as oil spills and tropical cyclones. It is
also affected by pollution, eutrophication, sediment runoff, pesticides (Dwyer et al, 2012 p.60).
Tourism one of the main industries in the Great Barrier Reef region.Estimately 2.0 mi8llion
tourist visits this particular region each year. The Australian economy employs many people as
one of the policies to ensure careful management of the tourism sector in the Reef. The great reef
marine act as vital government laws aims at governing the management of the Reef. All licensed
tourism operations as criticized by Queensland premier must take charge. In that case during 15
march, both the Australian and Queensland government authorities introduced the 20150 which
was aimed at protecting and preserving the great Reef, The Great Barrier Reef foundation
emerged as an organization or agency whose purpose was to work with the universal heritage.
The reef 20150 pan policy objectives as a document involves proposal of various possible
changes or measures enacted for the management of climatic change, tourism and other
environmental issues that typical threaten the life span, value and existences of the Great Barrier
Reef. The agency will incorporate the plan policy containing many elements for improvements
for example investment pan for protection, preservation and long term goal for its tourism
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sustainability plan (Dwyer et al, 2012 p.60). The agency 20150 plans has the goals aimed to
restore reef, lower fish killing for the overall improvement of the economy. It is aimed at
focusing on the environmental causes ask discussed above that downgrade the Great Barrier Reef
tourist attraction. In this case I can work with government agencies and The Great Reef
Foundation agencies
The plan will address the tourism issues by providing accessible and efficient services to
the tourists which will lead to an increase in a number of tourists. The agency will also initiate
strategies that give solutions to the environmental issues and those that curb the destruction of
tourists' attraction sites and historical heritage (Wray, 2011 p.605).
2. Background context
Issues faced
The strategies implemented in tourism planning environment involving the Great Barrier
Reef should favor opportunity development.
Environmental problems as discussed they erode the tourism as a whole. For example, cutting
down of trees such as Tasmania Island has led to hazard climatic conditions which affect tourists
and animals. Other human practices have led to the destruction of historical heritages which
discourages the implementation of the designed plan for tourism. This new policy should bring
strategies which conserve the historical heritage and also encourages afforestation. Rules need to
be initiated to punish those involves themselves in deadly human practices.
The policy should encourage other practices that facilitate economic growth. For example, the
marketing sectors and industrialization should be given room for expansion hence effecting to a
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growth in the economy. Having acquired a stable economy the country now can manage to
deploy the practices that favor the tourism. These practices may involve infrastructure
development and security deployment (Krutwaysho and Bramwell, 2010 p.670).
Intervening opportunity is a major factor and of great advantage in tourism interaction...For
example effective tourism planning has led to the establishment of big hotels and restaurants that
hold the tourist when they pay a visit to the country. This hotel has employed a large number of
employees. The planning has also initiated opportunity in learning different ways of living by
locals from people from different parts of the word. Through such healthy interaction, people are
able to exchange business practices which attribute to economic growth (Eshliki and Kaboudz,
2012 p.333).
The Great Barrier Reef has widely led to the launching of the investments in Australia by
global investors. Some of the investors who have visited the country as a tourist came and find
an opportunity in making their investments in our country. This has not only led growth to our
economy but also job creation to the locals. Hence the tourism sector can be said to be
opportunity initiator for the global investors.
Despite many opportunities initiation, the tourism planning faces great challenges which
affect its effectiveness. Tourism planning is a totally complex activity which requires an
integrated approach, a partnership between private and public sectors and community
involvement.to come up with a long-term plan it takes time and a lot of resources used in
research which makes it hard for the developing countries (Vila et al, 2011 p.232). For example,
tourism planning involves the upgrading of infrastructure such as roads which is impossible for
developing states. The planning has also been affected by insecurity challenges. Most of the
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