Sustainable Tourism Development in Qatar: A Comprehensive Analysis

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Table of Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................3
Task 1.Planning in the travel and tourism industry......................................................................................4
Task 2.Different approaches to tourism planning......................................................................................11
LO2.Understand various approaches to tourism planning and development.............................................11
2.1 Evaluate features of tourism development planning at different levels with references to the Qatar
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2.2 The significance of interactive planning systems and processes in tourism development with
references to Qatar...............................................................................................................................12
2.3 Different methods available to measure tourist impact......................................................................13
Task 3. Need for planning of sustainable tourism.....................................................................................15
Task 4 Current Issues related to Tourism..................................................................................................16
Methods of Resolving a Conflicts of Interest........................................................................................16
4.2 Implications of balancing supply and demand of tourism................................................................16
4.3Moral and ethical issues of enclave tourism.....................................................................................17
Task 5. Understand the socio-cultural impacts, economic and environmental impacts............................18
5.1Comparison of current issues with tourism development in a developing country and an emerging
destination where the impacts of tourism is different..........................................................................18
5.2 Evaluate with recommendations the future development of tourism at Qatar..............................21
Conclusion.................................................................................................................................................24
References.................................................................................................................................................25

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Introduction
The report will provide a brief information about the features of various tourism levels in Qatar
and further will discuss about the role and importance of interactive planning in tourism.
Different techniques and methods would be highlighted to draw the impact of visitors on
destination community. The paper will elaborate the conflicts of interest handling and reducing
methods for future development and wellbeing apart from this, implication of demand and
supply balancing and ethical issues will be presented in the task. The task will also focus on the
issues and challenges in tourism development in several context and render the recommendations
for improvements and development in tourism enhancement and planning. The work will be
assessed for the efficiency and effectiveness in the context of Qatar.

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Task 1.Planning in the travel and tourism industry

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Travel and tourism is an industry in which various stakeholders with enormous objectives, goals
and targets come together for a specific and unique purpose. Stakeholder engagement is essential
to promote the tourism in the international market. The tremendous stakeholders involved in
tourism development are local communities, international agencies, educational institutions,
tourism industry, tourists, several organizations, customers (Waligo, et al, 2013).
It has been studied that tourism industry provides ample of benefits to the stakeholders in the
competitive market. There is no doubt in the fact that tourism brings enormous benefits for the
host country. For instance, stakeholders seek an integrated and innovative experience involving
multiple activities and initiatives so that the interaction and communication with community
increases. Apart from this, tourism planning can offer short and long term environmental,
economic and socio-cultural effects on a Qatar.

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Careful consideration needs to be provided to the decisions made throughout the planning
procedure. Tourism development is an effective and sustainable way to maximize the capital and
revenue of the Qatar. The planning of tourism development helps government of Qatar to
generate more profitability and returns. Qatar is well known as a popular destination. With
predicted increase in the number of visitors coming to Qatar by more than double during the
Olympics, it is expected that all the businesses like travel operators, local accommodations, food
and beverages etc. would be benefited as increase in number of visitors or travelers will directly
enhance and improve the revenue and returns.
It is stated that planning of tourism development helps in maintaining innovative and optimistic
culture in Qatar that promotes and attracts maximum tourists. An effective planning of tourism
development and enhancement also supports the government to increase and enhance job
opportunities for the people in the competitive market.

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Tourism development stimulates the economy in the competitive market. It also helps in
maintaining an open and strong communication in the international market. Tourism can work in
the hotels, travel agencies, restaurants etc. Tourism is one of the biggest industries with the
largest contribution to the GDP of Qatar.
In the tourism industry, there are several examples where partnership arrangements are
immensely effective and unique for the progress and success of tourism planning and
development. Since the public sector is concerned with the provision of services, handling and
managing of land use conflicts and the formulation and initiation of development policies and the
private sector is highly concerned with the profitability, partnerships between the private and
public sector on several issues and challenges can benefit destination.

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The several benefits of public and private partnership are distribution of power among all the
partners equally which ignores any kind of dictatorship. The partnership is promoted as it is
believed that due to partnership the tourism destination could attain competitive benefits due to
the expertise and knowledge from the several stakeholders (Sartori, et al, 2012) .
Public and private tourism planning may be defined as collaboration between private and public
sector to attain sustainable goals and targets. It is used for developing and enhancing specific
region. Thus, in terms of Qatar, public and private sector tourism planning plays a fundamental
role in sustainable development of tourism industry in this development country. It also increases
labor income, minimizes crime, and render the high protection to the natural resources of Qatar
like natural resources, culture, heritage, infrastructure and human resources.

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On the other hand, there are some limitations or disadvantages further which have adverse
impact of sustainable tourism of Qatar. These entail that such types of partnership increases or
maximizes sensitivity of investors and shareholders to political risks and challenges. Apart from
this, lack of communication and coordination is another issue in maintaining cooperation
between different public and private enterprises (Xiao, et al, 2017) .
It maximizes financial risks and challenges on monetary outputs of tourism industry of Qatar.
Involvement of both the sectors may create a situation of lack of resources for sustainable
tourism for Qatar.

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It is concluded from this presentation that stakeholders can attain benefits from planning of
tourism developments to Qatar. Public and private tourism planning plays a major role in
sustainable developing of tourism sector of this developing nation.

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Task 2.Different approaches to tourism planning
LO2.Understand various approaches to tourism planning and development
2.1 Evaluate features of tourism development planning at different levels with references to
the Qatar
While enhancing and building the tourism planning it is essential to identify and determine the
several levels that are interconnected in the tourism industry. The attributes of the companies are
required to be identified and analyzed before implementing the enhancement and development
procedure of the planning system. It has been found that potential and effectiveness are high in
Qatar and the visitors are demonstrating their interest. The barriers and issues with the local
people for enhancement and enlargement projects can generate an adverse impact in the long
time period according to the case study (Nunkoo and Smith, 2014). Therefore, it is essential to
evaluate the attributes in the following manner.
International level: The level has attributes like flow of tour programing and tourists from
several countries. Furthermore, it supports to develop and enhance the attraction in the nation on
the behalf of the nearby enhancement ad enlargement in world. The marketing approaches,
advertisement and promotion programs in Qatar use the international policies and standards to
increase the returns through the effective and unique planning (Taplin, et al, 2014).
National:The private and government companies are considered to promote the tourism
activities and operations in the nation-state at international level. Qatar tourism authority
introduced the Qatar national tourism sector strategy 2030 a catalyst for sustainable tourism
growth and development through 2030. At the level tourism planning monitors on the physical
formation and tourism approach of the nation. It develops and enhances plans and policies for

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connecting major and unique routes of country and area. Development and enhancement of
tourism organizational formation and regulations and investment approaches for Qatar are
further considered as effective and dynamic stages of national level planning.
Regional: At this level of tourism planning of Qatar monitors and focuses on the regional
approaches, various types of attractive location, different marketing approaches, internal
transport network and regional level education. The transportation facilities and areas are
considered by the regional level of Qatar. Learning and accommodation at regional level are
attributes and employment at this level. Entire set of the destinations in Qatar are categorized
among the regionals to make the suggestions and implications of national level plans and
strategies (Panyik, et al, 2011).
Sub-regional level: At these level, elements of tourism planning of the situations of sub-regions
of Qatar. Apart from this, it further focuses on the various attractive attributes for tourists,
accommodation, common location and other tourist services etc (Bramwell, 2013).
2.2 The significance of interactive planning systems and processes in tourism
development with references to Qatar
Tourism carries various problems to the resident public like traffic overcrowding, superstructure,
overcrowding destinations and socio-cultural depreciation environmental damages etc. All these
problems occur through poor planning. The planning is significant because it makes sure that all
the levels of business, visitors get involve to the planning process to avoid above budget
spending, and to decrease the adverse effect on local communities. Conventional planning is not
correct approach as it brings conflicts among the people. Interactive planning is the correct
approach as it brings the cooperation, collaboration among the people so that objectives can be
achieved effectively. In this way, interactive planning is essential and effective to promote and