Sustainable Tourism Development in Qatar: A Comprehensive Analysis

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SUSTAINABLE TOURISM
DEVELOPMENT

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction................................................................................................................................1
Task 1.........................................................................................................................................2
1.1Discuss how stakeholders can benefit from planning of tourism developments with
reference to Qatar...................................................................................................................2
1.2 discuss the advantages and disadvantages of public/private sector tourism planning
partnerships drawing on a current example...........................................................................3
Task 2.........................................................................................................................................4
2.1 analyse features of tourism development planning at different levels.............................4
2.2 Evaluate the significance of interactive planning systems and processes in tourism
developments with reference to Qatar....................................................................................5
2.3 Evaluate the different methods available to measure tourist impact with reference to
Qatar.......................................................................................................................................6
Task 3.........................................................................................................................................8
3.1 Justify the introduction of the concept of sustainability in tourism development of
Qatar.......................................................................................................................................9
3.2 Analyze the factors that may prevent or hinder the sustainable tourism development in
Qatar.....................................................................................................................................11
3.3 Analyze the stages in planning sustainability in Qatar..................................................13
Task 4.......................................................................................................................................16
4.1 Evaluate the methods for resolving issues of interest for ensuring the future wellbeing
of developing tourism destination........................................................................................16
4.2 Analyse the implications of balancing supply and demand...........................................16
4.3 Evaluate the moral and ethical issues of the enclave tourism in the Qatar....................17
Task 5.......................................................................................................................................18
5.1 Compare current issues associated with tourism development in a developing country
and an emerging destination where the impacts of tourism are different............................18

5.2 Evaluate, with recommendations, the future development of tourism in these chosen
destinations...........................................................................................................................19
Conclusion................................................................................................................................20
References................................................................................................................................21

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Comparison of current issues.....................................................................................18

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Levels of Tourism.......................................................................................................4

Introduction
Qatar is one of the most renowned countries responsible for organizing and managing various
events and championships. There are various business conferences and championships held
that has increased the requirement of hotel industry. This has resulted in a shift of
government’s interest to the development of tourism sector. The Qatar is taking initiative to
build more hotels so as to meet the increasing demand. It has witnessed an increasing tourism
of 6% in the years 2012-2016 as per research. The world tourism organization (UNWTO)
emphasizes on sustainable tourism practices that will act as an effective tool for preserving
the nature. The current report will focus on the rationale for planning in the travel and
tourism industry. Further, various approaches of tourism planning will be elaborated in
details. The report also focuses on the need for sustainable tourism and the issues faced by
the sector.
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Task 1
1.1Discuss how stakeholders can benefit from planning of tourism developments with
reference to Qatar.
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BENEFIT TO STAKEHOLDERS
The government of Qatar is
responsible for effectively
planning activities relating to
implementing strategies that’s
support sustainable tourism.
Stakeholders refer to the
suppliers, organizers,
customers and government
who are impacted with
tourism planning.
Government:
Tourism is one of the most vital
sectors that earn huge profits and
revenues. The government is
majorly concerned with the
effective development of tourism
sector so that the revenues
contribute to the tax of the
country. The payment of taxes in
the form of service tax and VAT
by the tourists acts as a source of
revenue for the government. The
plans of the government relate to
establishing effective modes of
transportation in the country,
bringing necessary improvement
in the services and managing
comfortable accommodation.
Tourism organization:
The Toursim organizations are
the head of department that
facilitates the availability of
various services and products
such as accommodation,
travelling, food and
infrastructure that attracts
tourists from all over the world.
Proper planning of activities will
assist in increasing visitor’s
footfall in Qatar. This will
increase revenues and profits of
the tourism organization (Getz,
D. and Timur, S., 2012).
Local residents:
The local residents and
communities of Qatar are
benefitted with increasing
opportunities of job. This will
enable to them to earn more
and raise their standards of
living. The resident’s
satisfaction and support is vital
for tourism development.
Tourists:
The stakeholder’s most vital elements include the visitors that come
from various parts of the world to visit championships and events.
Their attraction and satisfaction plays a vital role in improving the
tourism sector.

1.2 discuss the advantages and disadvantages of public/private sector tourism planning
partnerships drawing on a current example
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ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES TO
QATAR DUE TO PUBLIC PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIP
The coordination of activities and effective management due to public private partnership
supports in increasing the effectiveness of services of tourism by Qatar. The public sector like the
government ensures cheap availability of resources and proper facilities of transportation, while
the private sector ensures maximum quality, tasty restaurant facility and attractive infrastructure.
They also support in arranging guide facilities so that the country can be well explored by the
tourists.
Advantages:
 The public private partnership is an effective method
of merger that supports in providing the best
facilities to the tourists through effective use of
available resources.
 The development of sports and events that attract
tourist are well organized and managed due to
effective collaboration of public and private
organization.
 The huge requirement of funds for investment in the
infrastructure facilities is a result of alignment of
roles and responsibilities by the public and private
players.
 The support of public organization ensures that the
law and legislations relating to sustainable
development and safety are well implemented in the
travel and tourism sector.
 The sharing of failures and achievement does not
burden any one sector with significant loss.
Disadvantages:
Where there is partnership, the
role of conflicts and delayed
decision making is increased.
The public private partnership
results in lack of mutual
understanding on some aspects.In
some situations it is established
that the government restricts its
role to only investment and
gaining profits without being
much involved in the
developmental activities
(Biygautane et.al, 2018). This
conflicts results in degradation of
quality of services and delays
leading to decreasing number of
tourist in Qatar. Also, the laws
relating to employment and
politics pose a negative impact
on the tourism sector.

Task 2
Introduction
The current task will analyze various features of tourism development at different levels with
reference to the Qatar. The task will highlight the importance of interactive planning systems
and processes in tourism developments in the Qatar. At last, the task will discuss different
methods that can be used to measure impact of tourist in the sustainable tourism development
with reference to Qatar.
2.1 analyse features of tourism development planning at different levels
The planning level in the tourism sector plays an important role in redefining roles and
responsibilities and bringing necessary changes in the practices so that effectiveness can be
increased and sustainable practices are undertaken.Qatar organizes proper planning activities
so as to ensure customer satisfaction, increasing footfall, environmental protection and proper
utilization of resources. The development activities are planned at various levels to ensure
proper growth (Edgell, 2016).
Figure 1: Levels of Tourism
(Source: Author)
International level:
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International
Level
National
Level
Regional
Level
Sub regional
Level

At the international level, Qatar mainly focuses on bringing improvement in the quality of
products and services served to the customers to enhance competitiveness by increasing
tourist attraction from all over the world. The main facilities that require planning and
redefining at the international level includes infrastructure development and logistics
management (Vellas, 2016). Also, initiatives are made to increase economic value of the
country.
National level:
The major source of revenue by the Qatar investment authority is the revenue generated from
the oil and gas business that is further invested in the development of tourism activities. The
tourist restricts to visit the place due to the extraction of harmful gases and petrol that has
increased the level of pollution. Hence initiatives are taken to improve the level of
environmental degradation and use resources that are natural and less harmful. At the national
level the major focus is on environmental protection and facilities improvement.
Regional level:
This level focuses on involving the efforts of community and stakeholders through increased
awareness as their support is vital to the growth of tourism sector. The regional government
implements various laws and ethics relating to tourism products and services to ensure safety
and convenience of travelers. Proper care is taken for the development in the fields of
transportation, accommodationand restaurants.
Sub-regional level:
The sub regional level of decision making is concerned with improving the services that can
be demanded by tourists to travel to various locations. This is a small scale development plan
to bring improvement in the facilities of availability of local food, cheap sources of
transportation, and accommodation. Managing activities and facilities as per the climatic
condition is also an important function played at the sub regional level.
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2.2 Evaluate the significance of interactive planning systems and processes in tourism
developmentswith reference to Qatar
The interactive source of planning is an effective method of bringing changes in the social,
environmental and economic conditions of the country to ensure increased tourist satisfaction
and availability of products and services. The Qatar government takes effective steps to
ensure development in thefields of oil and natural gas, automobile sector and multinational
companies so that the attraction in the city can be increased to influence touristdecision of
visiting Qatar at least once (Al-Emadi et.al, 2017).Initiatives are taken by the Transport
authority to improve connections from place to place. New features have been added to the
railways and connections to about 150 new destinations established. Also, the government
has assured that the flights of Qatar would be the first high tech airline flying globally to
serve customers with an everlasting experience.
The stakeholder’s have an effective opportunity of investment in these fields to ensure
sustainable growth and effective returns (About interactive planning in Qatar, 2019). The
hospitality sector is being developed through purchase of around 122 more properties at
attractive locations and increasing the number of rooms to about 25,310 in these properties.
The resources are being arrangedand utilized effectively. The interactive planning process is
beneficial in understanding the needs of tourist in terms of security and safety and fulfilling
the same with planning.
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2.3 Evaluate the different methods available to measure tourist impact with reference to Qatar
The models of pro poor tourism and economic impact model support in measuring the impact
of tourism in reference to Qatar.
Pro poor Toursim:
The tourism sector of Qatar is responsible for improving the local job opportunities so that
the living standard of the society can be improved and raised (Gascón, 2015). The low
population of Qatar results in it being a developing a country but the high per capita income
can be used as a tool for bringing improvement in the infrastructure facility so that
employment opportunities can be increased and so will there be a positive growth in the
living standard of poor.
Responsible tourism:
The responsible tourism is an effective tool to minimize the negative environmental, social
and economic impacts (About responsible tourism, 2019). It aims at increasing the benefits
for both the local community and the hosts in Qatar. It aims at improving the access to
various industries and changing the working conditions positively.
Environmental impact model:
This model is responsible for analysing the impact of tourism and tourist on the natural
resources says oil and natural gas of Qatar. The demand and supply of resources are well
managed to reduce the issue of shortage and negative impact. The environmental impact
model is effective in determining the use of natural resource to attract customers.
Economic impact model:
The STEAM tourism model is an effective method of collecting the data of performance of
tourism agencies and the visitor’s number. This process is designed to increase tourist footfall
with availability of services. The data is collected and stored in STEAM for future analysis
about the variations in the number of tourism and thefactor that causes the fluctuations. The
data is collected about both day visitors and those who take a halt overnight. Also, the details
of visitors are gathered to determine the type and needs of visitors (Peng and Tzeng, 2017).
Conclusion
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