Report: Sustainable Tourism Development in Qatar - Analysis

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of sustainable tourism development, focusing on the context of Qatar. It explores various aspects, including tourism development planning at different levels (local, regional, national, and international), highlighting the significance of interactive planning systems and processes. The report also examines methods for measuring tourist impact, such as survey questionnaires, observations, and reports from tourism authorities. Furthermore, it addresses methods for resolving conflicts of interest to ensure the well-being of developing tourism destinations, the implications of balancing supply and demand, and the moral and ethical issues associated with enclave tourism. Finally, the report discusses current issues in tourism development in developing countries and emerging destinations, offering recommendations for the future development of tourism. The report emphasizes the importance of sustainable practices to benefit the environment, economy, and society, and the role of various stakeholders in the planning and development processes. The report also discusses the implications of balancing supply and demand, and the moral and ethical issues of enclave tourism in Qatar.

Sustainable Tourism
Development

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................3
2.1 Features of tourism development planning at different levels.........................................3
2.2 Significance of interactive planning systems and processes in tourism development.....4
2.3 Different methods available to measure tourist impact....................................................5
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................5
TASK 4..........................................................................................................................................20
4.1 Methods of resolving a conflict of interests to ensure the future well-being of a developing
tourism destination...............................................................................................................20
4.2 Implications of balancing supply and demand...............................................................20
4.3 Moral and ethical issues of enclave tourism in Qatar.....................................................21
TASK 5..........................................................................................................................................22
5.1 Current issues associated with tourism development in a developing country and an
emerging destination............................................................................................................22
5.2 Recommendations, the future development of tourism in these chosen destinations....23
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................24
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................25

INTRODUCTION
Sustainable tourism refers to concept of visiting any where as visitors and also trying to
develop the positive affect on environment, economy and society. In this, tourism can be include
the primary transportation to general location, accommodations, recreation, shopping etc. Travel
and tourism is a larger sector that contribute towards economy of country. In context to
sustainable tourism development, it needs informed participation of necessary stakeholders along
with political leadership to assure the wider participation (Ali and J. Frew, 2014). The
sustainable tourism should maintain high tourist satisfaction level and also assure about
providing better experience to visitors, enhancing their awareness regarding sustainability
problems and also promoting the sustainable tourism related practices. The sustainable tourism is
an effective way of exploring as well as travelling destinations while respecting environment,
people and culture.
International Tourism Consultancy is a consultancy firm in travel sector that specialise in
formulating the plans and strategies for destinations in all over the world. Under this mention
report will be discuss about the stakeholders which can benefit from the planning of development
of tourism in a better manner. Importance of an interactive planning systems as well as process
involved in tourism development will also be discuss here. In order to measure impact of tourist,
there are different methods available which organisations can be used. There will be discussion
about some essential factors which can hinder or prevent the sustainable tourism development. In
given report will be mention about the various necessary methods which can resolve interest
conflicts in order to assure future well-being of developing tourism destination places (Amir and
et. al., 2015).
TASK 1
1

2

TASK 2
2.1 Features of tourism development planning at different levels
Tourism development planning is described as preparation of the organising future in
order to attain the particular sustainable objectives in an effective manner. The Qatar tourism
planning will be helpful in fulfilling various sustainable objectives with in given period of time.
In order to developing tourism planning, it is important to recognise various level which are are
related with travel and tourism sector (Dabphet, Scott and Ruhanen, 2012). For the purpose of
design development plan, it is essential to have the proper understanding about development
objectives which need to be achieve at different level. Under this, features of the tourism
development planning at the different level mention below:
Local level tourism development planning- Under this, main aim of local level tourism
development planning is to develop industry of local tourism (Duval and Smith, 2013). On the
other hand, it can achieve the sustainability of social culture, ecology and also local economy. It
will help in provide employment opportunities to local people and from this their living standard
will be enhanced.
Regional level tourism development planning- Under this, features of regional bodies
are more specific as well as clear as it includes only local communities in procedure of planning.
At this level, mainly tourism planning is done through states, provinces and prefectures including
the infrastructure planning, regional policy etc. in regional level, planning process is related with
sustainable development of region.
National level tourism development planning- At this level, ficus of tourism planning is
on tourism policy as well as physical structure of nation. Under this, it create plans in order to
connecting the main routes of country and region. Private and public firms are considered for
support travel sector through executing the many strategies. On the other hand, main aim of
National level tourism development planning is to attain sustainability in the tourism planning
that concerning to tourism resources (Ekinci, 2014).
International level tourism development planning- At this level, focus of tourism
planning in Qatar on transportation services of country. Under this, it focuses on the number of
the visitors and tour programmes of other countries. Aim of International level tourism
3

development planning is to determine current problems and also forecast the nurture trends
across globe in travel and tourism sector. It can regulate industry by the international
conventions as well as set regulations through concerning international tourism authorities for an
instance IATA, WTC etc.
2.2 Significance of interactive planning systems and processes in tourism development
Interactive planning is defined as process that promote participation in design of desirable
future as well as development in industry. In tourism development, interactive planning system
and also process is beneficial for the Qatar tourism in a manner as it gives many benefits to this
country (Getz and Timur, 2012). An interactive planning is helpful in sustainable use of the
environmental and natural resources of Qatar. In the interactive planning system, there are co-
operative, participatory and collaborative all stakeholders in Qatar country are included and they
make the effective decisions related to development of a project in a better manner. In addition to
this, all stakeholders will make decisions mutually and through this positive impact will be
developed. In context to interactive planning , it is helpful in forecasting Qatar future related to
sustainable development. In tourism development, interactive planning consists resource plan
that comprises different information which are necessary and available for sustainable
development of tourism in Qatar (Gibson, Kaplanidou and Kang, 2012). On the other hand,
main focus of interactive planning system is on safety of visitors as well as process. Under this,
there are some significance of the interactive planning systems as well as process in the tourism
development mention below:
 By making the mutual decision through all stakeholders in integrative planning systems,
cost will be reduced in order to taking the better decisions.
 Through this, quick decision can be made through all stakeholders so that plan can be
followed in a systemic manner and process can be completed properly.
 It is helpful in support the public and involve them in the planning process. If the people
of society will be agreed to implement the plan related to tourist development then
through this there will be no difficulty arise to develop area.
 It helps in enhancing communication among all stakeholders which will give an
opportunity for understand the objectives and aims of tourist in significant manner (Hall,
Scott and Gössling, 2013).
4

2.3 Different methods available to measure tourist impact
In travel and tourism sector, it is necessary to know about tourist impact on the
destinations and number of visitors in an effective manner. In order to measure tourist impact,
organisations use the different methods. Under this, there are various methods given below
through which tourist impact in Qatar can be measure:
Survey questionnaires- It is an effective way to know impact of tourism. Under this,
investigator can develop the different questions related to the specific destinations places and
through which company of Qatar can know about the effectiveness as well as importance of that
particular place. The main focus of this method is on gathering information through recording
the answers as well as feedbacks of pre- set questions (Harris, Williams and Griffin, 2012). It is
necessary that information or data of the respondents can not be disclosed. On the questionnaire,
questions can be related with needs of visitors, their preferences, opinion about destination place
and may others.
Observations- It is a useful method to measure tourist impact because through this,
company can know more about the preferences of consumers and innovation which need to
develop at destination places to them them attractive. On the other hand, it is an easiest way to
understand tourist impact. Under this method, there can be observe expenditure of travel that
might be including accommodation, transportation, tickets, food etc. at the time of trip.
Reports published by tourism authorities- Under this, the tourism authorities publish the
reports about development of different tourist destination. Number of tourists come for travelling
purpose in a year and some other details are mentioned through which tourism impact can be
measured (Lee, 2013).
Feedback from other stakeholders than travel and tourism organisations- Under this
method, company can take feedback from its all stakeholders such as government, tourists about
the destination place and what changes need to be taken place.
These all are the effective ways to measure impact of the tourist in a better manner. It is
necessary for organisation or any travel agency to select questionnaire methods because through
this opinions of tourists can be taken by providing them different questions related to specific
tourist destination.
TASK 3
5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

TASK 4
4.1 Methods of resolving a conflict of interests to ensure the future well-being of a developing
tourism destination
Conflict of interest refers to situation under which an individual or firm involves in many
interests and also serving the one interest that could be include working against the another.
Under this, personal interest of person can adversely impact duty that owned to make the
effective decision for benefit of third party (Mowforth and Munt, 2015). Under this, conflict of
interests can be arise when there are various stakeholders with the different goals. In this, there
are many different stakeholders included in the tourism development of Qatar and they all have
the different interests.
Government and Travel and Tourism Organisation- Under this, interest of government
is on developing economy of Qatar country with the help of tourism development. For the
development purpose, it sets some policies and strategies to provide the legal support for
development. On the other hand, travel and tourism firms try to engage in those activities which
can help in enhance growth of their business. Their main focus is on improving the productivity
of business. This kind of collaboration bring the conflict among parties.
Employees and Employers interests conflict- Under this, there is a conflict of interest
among employer and employee related to training. In order to enhance skills and knowledge,
employees need training but on the other hand according to employer there is more cost
involved in order to provide them training. It will reduce motivation level of employees and
they will not focus on the sustainable development (Reihanian and et. al., 2012).
4.2 Implications of balancing supply and demand
Balance of supply and demand is necessary for the sustainable development for travel
and tourism industry of Qatar. Demand refers to an amount to service or products that is
necessary through consumers in order to satisfy their needs. On the other hand, supply is related
with availability of products art market place. In the travel and tourism, supply and demands
should be balance.
Profitability- In context to balancing the demand and supply, Qatar will fix the price of
destinations places so that it can not face the situation of loss. In Qatar country, there are many
20

different destination places and they give entry to visitors on the basis of demand of destination
places. It will help in enhance profitability of business and enhance business of travel
organisation (Saufi, O'Brien and Wilkins, 2014).
Better customer satisfaction- Under this, travel industry of Qatar develop the cafeterias,
play zone, event etc. on different destination places so that more people can be attracted towards
it. On the other hand, it also take care needs and demands of visitors and helpful in provide
better customer satisfaction in an effective manner.
Good team morale- Under this, travel and tourism sector will motivate its employees to
provide the comfortable environment to visitors, take care their safety etc. The travel and
tourism organisations enhance morale of their staff members so that they can perform better and
try to give better services to tourists.
Better reputation- If on the travel and tourism destination places, supply and demands
will be equal then it will be helpful in develop the positive impact and there will not be any
overcrowding. It will assess in develop the positive reputation of destination places (Simão and
Partidário, 2012).
4.3 Moral and ethical issues of enclave tourism in Qatar
Enclave tourism is a kind of tourism under which tourist destination and all activities
related to tourists has been conducted in enclosed area in an effective manner. This tourism
means to serve consumers in all inclusive services so that local business does not get effective
opportunities to serve consumers. It support less contribution in the economic values. Qatar is
developing country so there are many services which are not developed. An in appropriateness
of services can develop the ethical and more issues which can negatively impact on sustainable
development of the tourism in Qatar country. There are some ethical as well as moral issues of
enclave tourism in Qatar country mention below:
Little contact with local community and culture- The enclave tourism does not support
the local business and it is not more connected with the local culture as well as community. In
addition to this, visitors in five star hotel and ships are enclave in order to meet with their
requirements so that local hotel do not get chance to elaborate social values as well as culture
with tourists (Spenceley, 2012).
Leakages on financial resources and other resources- The enclave tourism give
21

importance to those people which are financial viable and able to spend more as comparison to
local people. It does not want to enhance productivity of local market as it is a moral issue. On
the other hand, enclave tourism does not provide the travelling facilities to local people because
they are not able to provide more finance and it is an ethical issue.
Loss of social values- In the enclave tourist, there is not more interaction among the
local people and tourists. Its makes reduction in earning of local people and loss of the social
values. In addition to those local community have not bet benefit from enclave tourism because
it remain restricted and tourists are not aware about the social values of local places in Qatar
country (Ali and J. Frew, 2014).
TASK 5
5.1 Current issues associated with tourism development in a developing country and an emerging
destination
In travel and tourism sector, business of tourism has been impacted through development
as well as economic growth of country or destination places. Under this, tourist attraction and
also their impact on the developed country are varied from emerging and developing countries.
There are the different factors which impact on development of tourism in emerging and the
developing tourist destinations. Under this, there is a comparison among the Qatar as developing
country and Philippines as emerging country (Amir and et. al., 2015). Some of the current issues
which are related with tourism development in developing country and emerging destination
mention below:
Issues Developing nation (Qatar) Emerging Destination
(Philippines)
Environmental
issues
In this, tourism is facing the problem
related to utilization of the natural
resources. In Qatar, tourism
development is faced same problem
that consist an inappropriate use of
water, finite sources etc. In this
country, tourism authority is not
Under this, emerging destinations
are not more aware and also
working on development of
sustainability in the tourism to
reduce the negative impact of
environment an enhancing
22

capable for environment preservation
like irrigations, national parts etc.
tourism activities.
Economic issues Under this, Qatar country has faced the
economic issues for an instance
economic leakage, less employment
generation etc.
The enclave tourism does not
allow to give benefits to local
people and enhanced their living
standard (Angelevska-Najdeska
and Rakicevik, 2012).
Social issues Under this, current tourism
development is related with various
social issues for an instance changing
values, lack of moral labour, social
changes, gambling etc. But in Qatar
country, mostly local communities are
belong to Islamic religion that focus on
moral behaviour with visitors which
helps in maintain the strong
relationship with them.
In Philippines, more terrorist
attacks as well as activities poses
threats to local people and visitors
because it makes the place unsafe
for them.
5.2 Recommendations, the future development of tourism in these chosen destinations
Despite current issue, future of tourism is bright if all issues will be resolved in a proper
manner. There are many different ways as well as strategies for resolve the problems effectively.
All methods will help in future tourism develop of Qatar country (Bramwell and Lane, 2012).
Political change- Under this, government of Qatar should develop the attractive policies
for tourists like low exchange rate, tax payment and many others. In context to Philippines,
government should make the policies and take effective actions to remove terrorism so that
visitors can travel in this country freely without any fear.
Economic change- The Qatar should reduce the tax rate so that visitors need not to be
pay more, resolve water problem, proper climate etc. It will help in resolve economic problem of
this country. In context to Philippines, it should develop the better sanitation conditions and also
control of the pollution as well as green house gases emission.
23

Social change- In sustainable tourism planning, involvement of the stakeholders is a
main way to create strong relationship with them and it will be helpful in minimizing negative
effect. Through this, future tourism development of Qatar country will be improved. On the other
hand, government or tourism organisations of Philippines should take initiative to develop
awareness about preserve rich and cultural heritage. In addition to this, it can make planning the
suitability and develop positive image in mind of visitors.
CONCLUSION
It has been concluded from the above mention report that sustainable tourism is helpful in
develop the tourism and its main focus on social, economic and environmental development of
destination places in Qatar. There has been discussion about the different stakeholders included
in business of tourism such as tourists, government, business organisation etc. Partnership of
public and private sector provides some benefits as well as disadvantages to the tourism
development. In order to measure the impact of tourists, there has been studied about the
different ways for an instance, questionnaire, report published through tourism authorities,
observation and many others. In this mention report studied about the different factors which can
hinder or prevent the sustainable tourism development in detailed manner. In order to resolve the
conflict on interest, some methods has been discussed to assure future well-being of the
developing tourism destination in Qatar country.
24

REFERENCES
Books & Journals
Ali, A. and J. Frew, A., 2014. ICT and sustainable tourism development: an innovative
perspective. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Technology. 5(1). pp.2-16.
Amir, A. F. and et. al., 2015. Sustainable tourism development: A study on community
resilience for rural tourism in Malaysia. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences. 168.
pp.116-122.
Angelevska-Najdeska, K. and Rakicevik, G., 2012. Planning of sustainable tourism
development. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences. 44. pp.210-220.
Bramwell, B. and Lane, B., 2012. Towards innovation in sustainable tourism research?.
Bramwell, B., 2013. Governance, the state and sustainable tourism: A political economy
approach. In Tourism Governance (pp. 59-78). Routledge.
Briassoulis, H. and Van Der Straaten, J. eds., 2013. Tourism and the environment: regional,
economic, cultural and policy issues (Vol. 6). Springer Science & Business Media.
Buckley, R., 2012. Sustainable tourism: Research and reality. Annals of Tourism Research.
39(2). pp.528-546.
Dabphet, S., Scott, N. and Ruhanen, L., 2012. Applying diffusion theory to destination
stakeholder understanding of sustainable tourism development: a case from Thailand.
Journal of Sustainable Tourism. 20(8). pp.1107-1124.
Duval, M. and Smith, B., 2013. Rock art tourism in the uKhahlamba/Drakensberg World
Heritage Site: obstacles to the development of sustainable tourism. Journal of
Sustainable Tourism. 21(1). pp.134-153.
Ekinci, M. B., 2014. The Cittaslow philosophy in the context of sustainable tourism
development; the case of Turkey. Tourism Management. 41. pp.178-189.
Getz, D. and Timur, S., 2012. 12 Stakeholder involvement in sustainable tourism: balancing the
voices. Global tourism, p.230.
Gibson, H. J., Kaplanidou, K. and Kang, S. J., 2012. Small-scale event sport tourism: A case
study in sustainable tourism. Sport management review. 15(2). pp.160-170.
Hall, C. M., Scott, D. and Gössling, S., 2013. The primacy of climate change for sustainable
international tourism. Sustainable Development. 21(2). pp.112-121.
Harris, R., Williams, P. and Griffin, T. eds., 2012. Sustainable tourism. Routledge.
Lee, T. H., 2013. Influence analysis of community resident support for sustainable tourism
development. Tourism management. 34. pp.37-46.
Mowforth, M. and Munt, I., 2015. Tourism and sustainability: Development, globalisation and
new tourism in the third world. Routledge.
Reihanian, A. and et. al., 2012. Sustainable tourism development strategy by SWOT analysis:
Boujagh National Park, Iran. Tourism Management Perspectives. 4. pp.223-228.
Saufi, A., O'Brien, D. and Wilkins, H., 2014. Inhibitors to host community participation in
sustainable tourism development in developing countries. Journal of Sustainable
Tourism. 22(5). pp.801-820.
Simão, J. N. and Partidário, M. D. R., 2012. How does tourism planning contribute to
sustainable development?. Sustainable development. 20(6). pp.372-385.
Spenceley, A., 2012. Responsible tourism: Critical issues for conservation and development.
Routledge.
25