Enhancing Tourism Sustainability in Australia: Research Report

This report provides an analysis of the sustainability of the tourism industry in Australia. It begins by defining sustainable tourism and highlighting its importance to Australia's GDP. The research paper then identifies key stakeholders and the scope of the industry. The report evaluates the environmental concerns, including unpredictable weather conditions, land clearing, soil erosion, air pollution, and water wastage. Social sustainability issues such as cultural differences, lack of cultural acceptability, and crowding are also explored. Economic concerns, including lack of investment, employment, and infrastructure, are discussed. The research paper concludes that Australia has the potential to enhance the sustainability of its tourism industry through appropriate investment and enhanced awareness among locals and tourism-related organizations. The report also includes a visual representation of the essay plan and a comprehensive reference list.

Tourism sustainability

Sustainability of tourism in Australia
Sustainable tourism is the commitment of an industry to
prevent adverse impact of tourism on the environment
as well as on the local culture along with helping
generation of future employment for local individuals.
A commendable portion of the GDP of Australia comes
from its tourism industry
 The country is facing several tourism sustainability
related issues like lack of skilled employees and proper
infrastructure.
In this research, analysis of sustainability in the
Australian tourism industry and methods of
enhancement of the same has been evaluated

Thesis statement
The chief aim of this
research is to analyze the
degree of sustainability
in the Australian tourism
industry (Cheer & Lew,
2017)
The thesis statement of
the research paper
includes Australia needs
to enhance its investment
cost in order to improve
the sustainability of the
Tourism industry of the
nation.

Scope and stakeholders of the Tourism industry
The key stakeholders for ensuring an sustainable
tourism in Australia are as follows:
 Federal government
 Local government
 Tourism establishments and tourism enterprises
 Organizations engaged in financing tourism project
The scope of the tourism industry in Australia
includes:
 Incorporating more local individuals in order enhance the
employment
 Creation of a diversify network
 Enhancing the awareness of the local individuals

Definition of sustainability and potential response
The term sustainability includes the ability of an
organization to maintain a certain rate or level
It can also be defined as the avoidance of the
depletion of the natural responses for maintaining
a n ecological balance (Hall et al., 2015)
Tourism which takes full account of its current as
well as future economic, social along with
environmental impacts, addressing the
requirements of visitors, the industry, the
environment and host communities (Ruhanen &
Whitford, 2018)

Visual representation of an essay plan
Introduction,
rationale, aims
and objectives
Analysis of the
sustainability
issues in
Australia
conclusion
Evaluation of the
sustainability
issues in
Australia
Recommendation
s for enhancing
tourism
sustainability in
Australia

Environmental sustainability concerns in Australia’s
tourism
Unpredictable weather condition is one of
the major concerns with the tourism
industry of Australia
Land clearing is a major source of
Australia's greenhouse gas emissions, and
contributed to approximately 12 percent of
Australia's total emissions in 1998 (Higgins-
Desbiolles, 2018).
Increased soil erosion and loss of natural
habitat
High air pollution rate
Wastage of water due to the hotel and

Social sustainability concern
Cultural difference between local individuals
and tourists
Lack of cultural acceptability
Crowding of locals as well as tourists has the
potential to create vibrant ambience that
often leads to frustration (Jones & Newsome,
2015)
Increased traffic during the tourist season

Economic concern
Lack of investment in
tourism by both local as
well as federal government
Lack of employment in the
tourism sectors
Lack of infrastructure
 needs to invest on
accommodation facilities,
food and beverage facilities
and communication
facilities (Mathew &
Sreejesh, 2017)

Reference List
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Conclusion
Australia has the potential to enhance
sustainability of its tourism industry
It is one of the strongest sectors of the
mentioned nation
Appropriate investment from the end of the
government has the potential to enhance its
infrastructure and employability
Not only that, it is highly crucial to enhance the
awareness of sustainability of both the local
people as well as the organizations operating in
the tourism industry