Qatar's Sustainable Tourism Development: Planning and Challenges

This presentation provides an overview of sustainable tourism development, emphasizing its importance in the travel and tourism industry, particularly in Qatar. It defines sustainable tourism and highlights the need to minimize adverse impacts on local culture and the environment while generating employment for local communities. The presentation references the Brundtland report and the World Travel and Tourism Council's definitions of sustainable development, and it introduces the Triple Bottom Line theory, which advocates for a balance between economic, social, and environmental concerns. Furthermore, it identifies factors that can hinder sustainable tourism development, such as cost, crime, safety concerns, climate change, and economic instability. The presentation outlines the principles of sustainable development, including authenticity, community values, customer experience, and mutual benefits. It concludes by emphasizing the necessity of sustainability in the tourism industry and advocating for the application of the Triple Bottom Line theory and sustainable development principles. Desklib provides students with access to a variety of resources, including past papers and solved assignments, to further their understanding of this topic.