Sustainable and Responsible Tourism Management - HND Report

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of sustainable and responsible tourism management, beginning with an explanation of the evolution of these concepts and the roles of leading global entities like the United Nations World Tourism Organisation in promoting them. It explores the purpose and principles of tourism development and planning aimed at minimizing adverse effects, highlighting the importance of environmental protection, cultural preservation, and economic equity. The report evaluates the processes involved in tourism development and planning, addressing challenges such as taxation and security, and underscores the need for systematic analysis, strategic goal setting, and continuous evaluation. It concludes by emphasizing the significance of sustainable tourism in fostering positive impacts on the environment, society, and local economies, advocating for responsible practices and efficient resource consumption.

Sustainable and
responsible tourism
management

Contents
Contents...........................................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
P1 Explanation of the way in which the concepts of sustainable and responsible tourism have
evolved.........................................................................................................................................1
P2 Determining the function, role and mission of different leading global entities which are
involved in the promotion of sustainable and responsible tourism.............................................1
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................2
P3 Exploring the purpose and principles of tourism development and planning to minimise the
adverse effects of tourism............................................................................................................2
P4 Evaluate the process of tourism development and planning, and the associated challenges
and problems, providing specific tourism examples...................................................................3
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................5
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TASK 4............................................................................................................................................5
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CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFRENCES...................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
All the activities that are performed for the purpose of management of tourism within a
country are considered as the part of tourism management. All the businesses that are part of this
industry are required to make sure that they are able to deal with all the issues that are faced by
the tourists so that tourism could be sustained. Responsible and sustainable tourism is also
focused with marketing activities that are required to be performed for attracting large number of
individuals towards the tourist destinations (Musavengane, 2019). This report is covering
different topics such as analysis of featured of responsible and sustainable tourism, assessment of
importance of the development planning for tourism sustainability. Additionally, this assignment
also focuses upon various types of principles that are required to be focused for management of
responsible and sustainable tourism.
TASK 1
P1 Explanation of the way in which the concepts of sustainable and responsible tourism have
evolved
All the organisations that are operating under tourism sector are required to be focused
with sustainable and responsible tourism. It is very important for performing all the operational
activities in systematic manner and fulfil all the requirements of tourists. While planning to
manage the tourism various areas should be considered by the entities. One of the key areas is
carrying out such activities that are friendly with the environment. The examples of them are
reducing, reusing, recycling, providing social and economic advantages to the society.
Additionally, all the practices that are focused with protection of natural and cultural heritage are
also required to be performed so that tourisms could eb sustained and developed. Apart from
this, responsible tourism could be defined as the interaction of residents of country with the
tourists. While planning to attain sustainability it will be very important for the tourism
organisations to take equity, environment and economics into consideration (Ruhanen and
Bowles, 2019).
P2 Determining the function, role and mission of different leading global entities which are
involved in the promotion of sustainable and responsible tourism
Travel and tourism could be defined as a large source of generating funds. All the
companies that are carrying out business under travel and tourism industry are required to assure
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that all the operations are carried out by the in systematic manner so that tourism could be
promoted and sustained. There are various organisations which are highly focused with
sustainable and responsible tourism. These are Destination Stewardship Centre, United Nations
World Tourism Organisation, Centre for Responsible Travel etc. All of them are paying attention
towards global tourism. The largest entity among all of them s United Nations World Tourism
Organisation and it is performing it operational activities at global level. It is highly focused with
promotion of sustainable tourism at universal level. The role, function and mission of it and other
companies like it could be analysed with the help of following discussion:
Mission: United Nations World Tourism Organisation and other entities like it, are
operating business for the mission of spreading awareness about different types of policies and
procedures that should be focused by all the travel and tourism sector entities.
Role: World Tourism Organisation is also a global entity which is focused with
promotion of sustainable and responsible tourism. Its role is to promote the sustainability of
environment and tourism at global level to increase the number of tourists (Shen, Sotiriadis and
Zhou, 2020).
Different functions: All the functions of global entities focused with responsible and
sustainable tourism is as follows:
 Paying attention towards encouragement of all the destinations that are well known for
tourism inspiring them to maintain the infrastructure.
 Making sure that tourism is promoted all around the world in order to develop the growth
level of economy.
TASK 2
P3 Exploring the purpose and principles of tourism development and planning to minimise the
adverse effects of tourism
The procedure which is focused with such activities that are performed for attracting large
number of tourists from different locations around the world. In order to ignore the negative
impact of tourism it is very important for all the organisations operating under tourism industry
to make sure that all the actions that are taken by them are right or not. For all the businesses it is
essential to make efforts to reduce negative impact of tourism and in order to perform activities
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for this purpose various principles could be taken in to consideration. All of them are described
underneath:
Purpose of tourism development: Tourism development is focused for different
purposes which are cultural exchange, relaxation, healthcare, events, leisure etc. These are some
of the specific purposes that are focused by tourists who are visiting a new country. When
tourists will visit the countries then it can also help to improve its social image. One of the
purposes of tourism develop is to provide job or employment to local people. There are various
adverse impacts of tourism which are pollution, diseases, damaged infrastructure. In order to deal
with these issues, tourism development is focused (Törn-Laapio, 2019).
Various principles of tourism development: All the principles of tourism development
that are focused with ignorance of negative impact of tourism are as follows:
 Tourism within the country should offer employment opportunities to the individuals
who are living within the country as it can help to resolve the problem of unemployment
within the nation.
 Specific guidelines for the tourists should be passed by local authority so that the
possibility of pollution and damaged infrastructure could be ignored.
 All the tourists who are visiting the country should be screened according to the medical
guidelines. With the help of it, the possibility of spreading of disease could be ignored.
 It is very important for all the countries to establish code according to international
tourism standards at different level such as local, national and regional and it is also
required to be focused that it is followed by tourists.
 For all the countries it is also very important to make sure that education and training
programs should be started so that awareness regarding the safety measures that should
be focused by tourists could be enhanced.
P4 Evaluate the process of tourism development and planning, and the associated challenges and
problems, providing specific tourism examples
Tour and travel preparation is an important aspect that helps control customer service when
travelling. It is essential for tour and travel organizations to successfully manage all of the
corporate objectives and goals.
Process of tourism development and planning
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 Systematic analysis of and training for research. This is recognized as the first step in
recognizing all the requirements and preferences that an person has as things and
strategies evolve.
 New establishment strategic goals or priorities and there are laws and regulations
established to manage travel & leisure connected activities of the project. The industry
also needs some strategies that will more better plan events.
 Analysis of current data: This is regarded as the next phase wherein the needs and
expectations of the travel industry and the public are evaluated, systematic review or
interviews are used to understand consumer requirements.
 Introduction of new questionnaires: This phase of the process involves balancing tourist
's information requirements and wants by having study results.
 Secondary sources assessment: as per this phase, the analytical task is carried out where
all the result of the information is tested. Data from main and secondary analysis will be
analyzed quantitatively and desired findings will be produced. In this scenario, it's
inferred not whether the tourism event planning is fine.
 Initial planning and program methodology: judgements relating to the implementation of
plans are reinforced at this level
 Implementation: suggestions that emerge with organization's strategic supervisors as
realistic and attainable may be implemented in the workout.
 Evaluation and revision of plans: This involves the efficient management and control of
the outcomes.
Challenges
1. Taxation- Taxation is the biggest challenge facing the tourism sector, since there are
massive tax barriers in this sector. There is distinction in the nations' tax policies. So it's
critical for the travel & leisure companies to be profitable to understand what consumers'
expectations and requirements are.
2. Security: A further issue facing the travel and tourism sector is safety. Tourism
destinations event management needs to take live in a controlled and safeguard setting. A
most important thing in the work of exploiting this opportunity and travel operator is
client and local approach.
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CONCLUSION
As per the above report it has been concluded that Sustainable tourism is a form of travelling
as a visitor somewhere else and seeking to have a positive effect on the climate, society and
traditions. Tourism may include main travel to the specific venue, public transportation, lodging,
entertainment, recreation, food and retail. In this report analysis the core concept of the
responsible tourism to better understand the tourism activities. Along with understand the role,
function, mission and promotion of sustainable and responsible tourism in broad manner. With
the aid of sustainable economic status of nation tourist need a massive increase that allows for
efficient energy consumption. There is defining the purpose and principle of tourism that helps to
business in the development and planning and also reduces the adverse impact. Moreover,
analysis the challenges and issues face by the company with the tourism industry.
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REFRENCES
Books and Journals:
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Ruhanen, L. and Bowles, L., 2019. Student perspectives of responsible tourism behaviour: The
role of tourism education. Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Education. pp.1-11.
Shen, S., Sotiriadis, M. and Zhou, Q., 2020. Could Smart Tourists Be Sustainable and
Responsible as Well? The Contribution of Social Networking Sites to Improving Their
Sustainable and Responsible Behavior. Sustainability. 12(4). p.1470.
Törn-Laapio, A., 2019. Special issues in responsible tourism.
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