Sustainable Tourism Development in Qatar: A Comprehensive Analysis

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SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................4
P1.1 How can stakeholders benefit through planning based on the developments of tourism in
reference with Qatar........................................................................................................................4
P1.2 disadvantages and advantages of private or public sector tourism planning partnerships
through the examples of Qatar.........................................................................................................6
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................9
P2.1 Analysis based on the feature of tourism development within various levels in reference
with Qatar........................................................................................................................................9
P2.2 Evaluation based on the significance of interactive planning systems as well as processes in
the development of tourism in reference with Qatar.....................................................................11
P2.3 Evaluation of various methods available for measuring the impacts of tourists in reference
with Qatar......................................................................................................................................12
Task 3.............................................................................................................................................14
Task 4.............................................................................................................................................16
4.1 Resolving of conflict of interest..............................................................................................16
4.2 Balancing demand and Supply................................................................................................17
4.3 Moral and ethics issue.............................................................................................................18
Task 5.............................................................................................................................................20
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................22
References......................................................................................................................................23
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Introduction
The term sustainable tourism is known to be an industry which is committed to make low impact
based on local and environmental culture through helping for the generation of future
employment regarding the local people. Sustainable tourism is to ensure the development which
is based upon the positive experience regarding the tourism companies, local people as well as
the tourists themselves. Hence, in the present study, it is focused upon the development of
sustainable tourism in context with the country of Qatar where there is Qatar Tourism Authority.
Qatar is known to be a country which consists of rich culture along with history based on Middle
East.
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TASK 1
P1.1 How can stakeholders benefit through planning based on the developments of tourism
in reference with Qatar
The term stakeholders represent the people of the group of individuals who are known to be
associated in the sector of tourism in both direct and indirect way. Based on the case of Qatar,
the stakeholders based on the development of tourism in the respective country are considered as
the supporting authorities, suppliers, customers as well as the local communities regarding Qatar.
Hence, there are certain benefits on the part of stakeholders based on the planning of tourism
development in case of Qatar as well. The factors through which stakeholders can benefit based
on the planning of tourism development are mentioned below:
Benefits of national government
It is known to help the national government based on Qatar for attaining the targets through the
enhancement of tourism development associated with the particular country.
Benefits of business organizations
The companies of tour agencies, hotels and similar others are known to be benefitted through the
plan based on the form of statistics, information as well as the details of visitor which eventually
is considered to help for fixation of the strategies for attracting the customers in all over the
world.
Benefits of tourism associations
The Qatar Tourism association is likely to be benefitted through these plans regarding the design
based on their activities due to the promotion of the respective place through fostering the
industrial unity of tours and travels.
There are certain developments as well which can also help the stakeholders to benefit. These
developments are mentioned below:
 Economic development
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Tourism development in the respective destination also allows the employment of individuals for
as well as the opportunities regarding the sustainable growth based on the developments of
economy. This factor also is known to affect the employees and the local communities who ar4e
considered to be associated with the industry of tourism.
 Competitive advantages
The country of Qatar can be able to retain the advantages of competition through the industry for
the purpose of developing the resources along with their utility in the respective country.
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P1.2 disadvantages and advantages of private or public sector tourism planning
partnerships through the examples of Qatar
The rise regarding the sector of private and public tourism planning is considered for the factors
such as, technological progress, international competitiveness, supplier sophistication and similar
others. Qatar tourism industry is known to have the opportunity of employment within the
country through the international tourists. The tourism planning through the partnerships of
private and public sectors are known to bring positive situation for the stakeholders associated to
the planning of tourism (Prebensen et al., 2018). Hence, the partnership of private and public
sectors are considered to enhance the respective country through effective collaboration. There
are certain advantages and disadvantages regarding the particular partnership of both the sectors
which are mentioned below:
Advantages
 Through the respective partnership, the government is considered to lessen the costs based on
operating the development projects capital as well as for compensating the cost through the
promotion of awareness within local people who are known to consist of negative thoughts
associated with the development.
 Through the combination of local authorities as well as the private sectors can help in
enhancing the capital and the authority power for a sustainable development (Vučetić, 2018).
Hence, it can also solve and be accomplished the legal issues such as community integration,
economic growth and similar others in the efficient manner.
 The partnerships within the private and the public sectors are known to explore opportunities
for bringing innovative services which are generally not found through the conventional
providers of service (Porter et al., 2018).
Disadvantages
 Qatar government may have the probability to lose the control of them regarding the
activities of partnership which can be responsible for the unethical practices. Based on the
sharing of responsibilities within the partnership can also bring conflict along with
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misunderstandings through the avoidances based on the duties (Pröbstl-Haider et al., 2018).
Hence, this can affect negatively in the project.
 Apart from the influence of profit which can result through the partnership of both the
parties, the limitations may bring about the advantages of competition which can be difficult
for meeting the static link associated with the authorities of the public sectors (Fahimi et al.,
2018). The distribution of responsibilities as well as roles of the parties can impact local
community for the growth and the sustenance through being parallel leading to the
partnership.
 Besides these, there may be a probability of risk for the creation of proper structure based on
the partnership which can also lead to the malfunctioning quality along with inefficiency.
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Benefits of stakeholders
through tourism
development
Benefits of national
government
Benefits of business
organizations
Benefits of tourism
associations
Developments of tourism
associations
Economic development
Competitive advantages
Advantages and
disadvantages of private and
public sector planning of
tourism
Advantages
Qatar government may have
the probability to lose the
control of them regarding the
activities of partnership
which can be responsible for
the unethical practices.
Disadvantages
Qatar government may have
the probability to lose the
control of them regarding the
activities of partnership
which can be responsible for
the unethical practices.
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TASK 2
P2.1 Analysis based on the feature of tourism development within various levels in
reference with Qatar
There are certain levels based on the development of tourism. These levels are mentioned below:
 International level
This level consists of certain features such as flow based on tour programming along with the
tourists through many countries. This is also known to help to attract the tourists regarding the
world developments (Ngo et al., 2018). Hence, Qatar strategies of marketing as well as programs
of promotions are considered to utilize the standards of international level for the purpose of
returning maximum planning.
 Regional level
With the help of strategies and policies based on the promotion of tourism, this level consists of
the capabilities for developing attraction based on the destinations (Bianchi, 2018). The locations
along with the facilities of transportation are known to be considered through the regional level
based on Qatar.
 National level
This level is known to consist of various strategies for the purpose of achieving the development
of tourism in long term and short term objectives as well (Dwyer, 2018). The service control as
well as the accommodation is considered under the particular level in context with the structure
of tourism development of Qatar.
 Sub- regional level
For the purpose of making the implementation based on the procedures and policies effective and
easy, the features as well as the functions regarding the regional level are known to be diversified
within the sub sections (Kasemsap, 2018). The plans which are situational for the services and
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strategic development are considered to be handled regarding the collected information from the
levels of sub- regions of Qatar.
Figure 1: Levels of Tourism Development
Source: (Woosnam et al., 2018)
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P2.2 Evaluation based on the significance of interactive planning systems as well as
processes in the development of tourism in reference with Qatar
The planning of Qatar based on tourism development was known to be accomplished through the
partnership of private and public sectors and hence, the interactive system of planning as well as
processes has been known to help for the understanding of certain things regarding the processes
of development which are mentioned below:
The volume and the changing values based on tourism are considered to be measured through the
local authorities associated with various countries as, the correct information is known to
collected as well as forwarded through the national level. Hence, the national level is responsible
for the combination of information regarding the volume and the changed value for determining
the effectiveness based on the process of development. The analysis based on the impacts of
positive and negative effects are known to be easy through the interactive system as well as the
processes as, information is known to be available and shared to each and every resource for the
process of development (Scheyvens and Biddulph, 2018). Therefore, the impact of visitors
regarding the local community is known to be analyzed for enhancing the support and services in
the positive direction as, the promotion can be performed through market and local literary.
The implications based on practices and policies regarding the perspective of the government are
known to be easy for mirroring at different businesses in order to the development of destination.
The Qatar businesses are known to be governed through the local authorities within the country
based on their approaches and functions. The sophisticated development based on planning,
marketing as well as responsibility is known to be possible through the help of the interactive
systems and procedures (Blancas et al., 2018). The development of tourism is known to be
directed to the environment which is sustainable through the competition based on the
participants of tourism and their development through local community which may be balanced
for meeting the objectives.
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P2.3 Evaluation of various methods available for measuring the impacts of tourists in
reference with Qatar
There can be two methods as well as models for the analysis of different impacts based on
tourists in Qatar as the economic models which are considered to be utilized for determining the
impact of economy (Lee and Jan, 2018). On the other hand, the model of steam may be utilized
for monitoring the impacts of economy along with trends. The models are mentioned below:
Steam model
The model of economic activity monitor for Scarborough tourism is known to offer information
regarding the impact through the analysis of visitors based on day staying trends (Battilani et al.,
2018). The respective model is known to utilize of four inputs for generating effective results
regarding each and every area. The four inputs are mentioned below:
 Information regarding the utility based on the services of accommodation by percentages.
Hence, it is known to be calculated through the accommodation services types in Qatar.
 The capacity based on accommodation is known to provide for offering the visitors stay.
 Attendance is known to be provided through events and attractions based on the country.
 Information is known to be offered through the tourist centre of information in Qatar.
Hence, based on these above inputs of the respective model of steam, it is known to be effective
for the analysis of the impacts for the visitors regarding the changes of economy.
Economic model
This respective model is considered as effective for the analysis of estimation through the
changes of value as well as volume for the tourists based on the country (Din, 2018). This model
is also utilized for estimating the income which is known to be generated through the Qatar
tourism with the all over employment based on the industrial support for empowering the
country. Hence, this model has the ability to analyze the impacts in a direct sense through the
visitors who are considered to be investing within the business. The model is also referred as the
induced and indirect impact where the related earnings of supply chain and supportive services
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