Sustainable Tourism Development in Qatar: A Multifaceted Analysis

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SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................2
TASK 1...................................................................................................................................... 3
TASK 2 - REPORT.....................................................................................................................13
FEATURES OF TOURISM DEVELOPMENT PLANNING AT DIFFERENT LEVELS.......................13
SIGNIFICANCE OF INTERACTIVE PLANNING SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES IN TOURISM
DEVELOPMENT...................................................................................................................14
DIFFERENT METHODS AVAILABLE TO MEASURE TOURIST IMPACT....................................15
TASK 3 - LEAFLET.................................................................................................................... 18
CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABILITY IN TOURISM DEVELOPMENT..............................................18
FACTORS HINDERING SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT...........................................1
DIFFERENT STAGES IN PLANNING FOR SUSTAINABILITY......................................................2
TASK 4 – MAGAZINE ARTICLE...................................................................................................1
METHODS OF RESOLVING A CONFLICT OF INTERESTS FOR ENSURING FUTURE WELLBEING
OF QATAR............................................................................................................................. 1
IMPLICATIONS OF BALANCING SUPPLY AND DEMAND........................................................1
MORAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES OF ENCLAVE TOURISM IN QATAR..........................................2
TASK 5 – MANAGEMENT REPORT............................................................................................ 1
COMPARISON OF CURRENT ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN A
DEVELOPING COUNTRY AND AN EMERGING DESTINATION.................................................1
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT............................................................3
CONCLUSION............................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES............................................................................................................................. 5

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INTRODUCTION
With the changing global scenario, the tourism industry is facing challenges in ensuring
sustainable business development and human welfare within an economy. The major
objectives of promoting sustainable development within the tourism industry are the
protection of the cultural heritage of the economy, enhance the quality of life for residents
and provide them with better job opportunities. Therefore, this report has been made by
focusing on sustainable tourism activities which are being undertaken in Qatar, one of the
most developing economies for the tourism sector. The report would be focused on
discussing the rationale of planning activities in the tourism industry, the various
approaches of tourism development and planning and the issues which are being faced by
Qatar in the planning and development activities.

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TASK 1
Slide 1
SUSTAINABLE TOURISM
DEVELOPMENT
TASK 1

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Slide 2
STAKEHOLDERS OF TOURISM
INDUSTRY
Stakeh
olders
Tourists
Investors
operators
Develope
rs
Managem
ent
Employee
s
Public
sector
Private
sector
Stakeholders of the tourism industry play a strategic role in ensuring the development of the
economy. By involving these stakeholders in the decision-making process, the long-term
expansion of tourism industry in Qatar can be ensured.

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Slide 3
The tourism industry of Qatar brings in a huge amount of benefits for its stakeholders. These
benefits comprise of sustainable development of the economy, protection of the natural
environmental resources within Qatar and also the maximization of the social,
environmental and economic benefits for the stakeholders.

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Slide 4
The public tourism is referred to as the tourism activities which are being undertaken by the
government institutions (Mason, 2015). The government owns the rights of owning and
promoting tourist destinations and tourism-related activities with the objectives of providing
services to the citizens and generating economic benefits for Qatar.

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Slide 5
The major advantages of public tourism are that it provides numerous benefits for bringing
in investments in the infrastructural development within Qatar. The public tourism activities
are being undertaken while ensuring that the environment within the urban and rural
settings is being preserved in Qatar. It also helps in bringing about tourists from various
cultures, which helps in bridging the gap between the cultures of different economies.
In contrast to this, there are many disadvantages of public tourism as it leads to huge
environmental pressure of Qatar owing to the overutilization of the natural resources by the
tourists. The extensive commercialization of the culture of Qatar can also lead to a huge
impact on the local culture.

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Slide 6
Private tourism refers to the privately owned businesses which function within the industry.
The examples of companies functioning within this sector of tourism are Airbnb, Scott e
Vest, Southwest, Marmot, Virgin Atlantic, and Mega Bus among others.

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Slide 7
The major advantages of private tourism include it brings in a huge amount of revenues for
the private players existing within the tourism industry. It also provides extensive job
opportunities as the staff is required at hotels, shops, transport and restaurants among
others. The tourism activities provide a chance for the local market players to showcase their
talent and gain a favourable position within the global market (Weber, 2017).
However, it also faces disadvantages in terms of less or no surety of the funding which is
gained from the tourist's activities. Also, it is evident that in the tourism industry, the players
are only dependent on the business from the tourists. This might lead to huge uncertainties
in their revenue generation.

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Slide 8
Public-private tourism is said to exist when the development of the tourism activities within
a nation is undertaken by both the private sector institutions and the government. This
partnership is being entered into with the objective of attaining long term sustainability.

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Slide 9
In Qatar, the public-private partnership plays a detrimental role in ensuring the overall
development of the tourism industry. It helps in attaining socially desirable goals thereby
providing the surety of the sustainable development of Qatar (Giaoutzi, 2017). The above-
mentioned benefits help in enlightening the overall quality of life amongst the public of
Qatar and also bring in benefits for the tourists. This also helps in efficiently planning the
tourism activities in such a manner that the financial benefits for Qatar are improved.
However, inefficient rules of partnership can also lead to losses in tourism activities.