Tourism Development Planning in Qatar: A Stakeholder Perspective

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TASK 1
LO1 THE RATIONALE FOR PLANNING IN TRAVEL AND
TOURISM INDUSTRY OF QATAR
1.1 & 1.2

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION
This presentation will be presented on
sharing the rationale for planning in the
travel and tourism industry with
reference to Qatar and will lay out the
understanding of the ways the
stakeholders cab benefit from the
tourism development planning and the
pros and cons of the public private
sector tourism planning partnership will
also be discussed.

BACKGROUND OF QATAR
Qatar is an Arab Country that has 1.8 million population and has nearly 1.5
million of these as expatriates. It is known for tourism and in 2022 it will be
known as the first Arab Nation to host the FIFA World Cup. There are many
popular tourism attractions at Qatar such as Islamic culture center in Doha,
Souq Waqif and so on.

STAKEHOLDERS IN TOURISM DEVELOPMENT
According to the stakeholders in tourism
development of Qatar there are involves
mainly the following players in accordance
to the UNWTO:
• Local governments
• National governments
• Tourism employees and consultants
• Tourism education and training centers
• Travellers and local population
• Juridical and host communities
• Tourism enterprises and associations
and so on

TOURISM PLANNING
Tourism planning is considered to be a dynamic process which determines
the goals and helps in selection of the alternative actions to attain the goals
desired. At Qatar the focus of tourism planning is laid on some key factors
which are discussed as under.

PLANNING PROCESS OF TOURISM AT QATAR
The tourism planning process followed at Qatar involves the followings:

WAYS STAKEHOLDERS CAN BENEFIT FROM
TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AT QATAR
From the sustainable tourism planning and development the stakeholders
of Qatar receives the following benefits:
• Better return on investment
• Profitability prospects in long run
• Better coordination in partners of public and private nature
• Better quality of life
• Better employment generation

PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
Public-private partnership (PPP) in tourism plays a key role to bring
together the public sectors and the government agencies so that the value
chain of tourism can be boosted by promoting social economic welfare.

PROS AND CONS OF PPP AT QATAR
There are some benefits attached to the PPP for Qatar as well as there
arises some limitations in the form of the negative impact created by PPP
on sustainability of Qatar. Such pros and cons of PPP with reference to
Qatar will be discussed by drawing examples.

PROS OF PPP AT QATAR
PPP has few pros which are as under:
• Better Employment opportunities
• Raise in labor income
• Fall in crime rate
• Safeguarding natural and environmental resources

CONS OF PPP AT QATAR
Some of the disadvantages of PPP at Qatar are as under:
• Rise in sensitivity of investors
• Coordination issues
• Financial risk prevalence
• Scarce resources