Sustainable Tourism Development in Qatar: Stakeholder Analysis Report

This report examines sustainable tourism development in Qatar, focusing on the benefits for various stakeholders and the advantages and disadvantages of public-private sector partnerships. It begins with an introduction to sustainable tourism and its objectives, followed by a discussion of how stakeholders such as the government, the tourism industry, and the local community can benefit from effective tourism planning. The report then presents a detailed analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of public-private partnerships in Qatar's tourism sector, providing examples such as the management of heritage sites. It highlights how these partnerships can lead to infrastructure development, brand building, and employment opportunities while also acknowledging potential challenges like political instability. The report concludes by emphasizing the importance of proper planning and partnerships in promoting tourism at all levels, referencing relevant literature on tourism planning and consumer behavior.

Sustainable Tourism Development

TABLE OF CONTENT
 Introduction
 1.1 Discuss how stakeholders can benefit from planning of tourism developments
with reference to Qatar
 1.2 Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of public/private sector tourism
planning partnerships drawing examples Qatar
 Conclusion
 References

INTRODUCTION
 Sustainable tourism is a concept of visiting some place as a tourism and trying to create positive impact on
an environment, society as well as economy of the country.
 The main aim of this report is to understanding of rationale and different approaches of tourism planning or
development.
 The report is based upon the case study of Qatar where Qatar tourism Authority launched the strategy for
sustainable tourism development.
 Report will describe how stakeholders can benefit from planning of tourism developments and provide
advantages and disadvantages of public/private sector tourism planning partnerships.

1.1 Describing how stakeholders can benefit from
planning of tourism developments
 Travel and tourism industry is one of the largest industry therefore, it also have number
of stakeholders as well. In case of Qatar, main stakeholders are as mentioned below:
 Government: It is the responsibility of a government of Qatar to make rules and
regulations and then provide a regulatory framework that helps to address all aspects of
a tourism in Qatar.
 Therefore, the government of Qatar also make act that promote tourism in the country
and also attract the foreign tourist.
 Moreover, the government of Qatar also earns huge revenue from the travel and
tourism industry that further spent on the development of a tourism and for welfare of
the people as well.
 By involving stakeholders will help to generate new ideas and as a result, it helps to
grow the business in positive way as well. Therefore, stakeholders provides tourism
related services or some emergency services as well that helsp them to creates
goodwill as well.

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Tourism Industry:
 This industry covers different industry such as hotels, airlines and local
transport, these all industry are growing with the growth of tourism industry.
 Among all, hospitality industry is one which is benefited a lot by the tourism in
Qatar.
Local Community:
 This is another stakeholder and affected by tourism industry such that it provide
employment to many peoples. Such that many people are working in different
industries such as hotels and transport, while some work as a guide or local
vendors.
 It has been seen that local people in Qatar arrange festivals and tourist also take
much interest in these activities.

1.2 Presenting advantages and disadvantages of
public/private sector tourism planning partnerships for
Qatar
 Public and private sector partnership is based upon the cooperation among these
organization and they also work for the betterment of a tourism industry as well
as for the local people.
 For example, in Qatar, there are different heritages which are in the hands of
both public and private sector such as National Parks and Museum. This is so
because government alone cannot take care of those and require support. Thus, it
helps to attract wide range of customers
 Advantages:
 Public sector joint hands with the tourism organization in order to resolve the
issues that create hindrance for the growth of a tourism in the country.
 Therefore, Infrastructure is one the greatest advantages of public private tourism
planning partnership.

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 It has been analyzed that sometimes, the government of Qatar also gives an
ownership of a heritage sites to private firms so that they can take care of them
in good manner. It is so because it is not possible for the government to take
care of many heritage and sites alone.
 Partnership of public and private also helped in Qatar tourism to make it brand
and as a result, the inflows of tourism also increases year by year.
 It also help in the growth of an employment opportunities, which is consider
one of the greatest advantages of this partnership.

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Disadvantages:
 One of the biggest disadvantages of public private partnership is such that if the
political condition of the country is not stable or there may be economic crisis,
then it would lead to lack of coordination among tourism sector that create harm
to tourism of country.

CONCLUSION
 By summing up above report it has been concluded that proper planning will help
to promote the tourism at all level.
 In the same way, report concluded that the stakeholders are benefited from the
planning of tourism development and the through different examples, the private
and public partnership provide good benefit for a country as well.

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