An Overview of Sustainable Tourism Development in Qatar

This report examines the concept of sustainable tourism development, specifically focusing on the context of Qatar. It explores the significance of the tourism industry and its impact on the economy. The report highlights the importance of sustainability, emphasizing social, economic, and environmental considerations. It delves into the 'Triple Bottom Line' theory, addressing waste management, economic growth, and resource management. The report also identifies factors that hinder sustainable tourism development, such as climate change and resource availability. Finally, it concludes by emphasizing Qatar's commitment to sustainable tourism practices, aiming to preserve natural resources, create employment opportunities, and provide high-quality tourism experiences. The report references relevant literature on tourism management and innovation.

SUSTAINABLE
TOURISM
DEVELOPMENT

Introduction
• Tourism Industry is considered as the fastest
growing industry and possesses huge impact
on the economy of host nation.
• The entire industry is gaining success and
growth from past few years and this is mainly
possible because there is a rapid.

Concept of sustainability
The concept of “Sustainability” in terms of
tourism industry can be described as a
development process that mainly emphasize on
social.
Economical and environmental development of
specific company, region or industry.

Triple Bottom Theory
This theory aims at identifying three bottom lines of Qatar which are
mentioned below:
Waste
This theory focuses on various environment dimension of Qatar.
The given theory also provide assistance in context of reducing the
environmental pollution by minimizing the consumption of electricity,
controlling the wastage of economic resources and fossil fuel
consumption etc.
Lastly, the theory focuses on the economic development of Qatar. It
emphasize on enhancing various economic factors such as taxes,
interest, employment, income etc.

Factors preventing sustainable tourism
There are various issues of sustainable tourism
development that posses negative impact on
Qatar tourism development like climate change,
availability of resources, level of education,
social justice, human rights, globalization,
tourism policies etc.

Different stages
The objective could be like among the following:
• Preserve natural, cultural and environmental
resources
• Increase employment opportunities
• High quality of tourism at lower cost

CONCLUSION
Form the above report it is concluded that,
Authority of Qatar are focus on social,
environmental and economical factor in order to
gain sustainable development of tourism of the
country.

References
• Aldebert, B., Dang, R.J. and Longhi, C., 2011.
Innovation in the tourism industry: The case of
Tourism@. Tourism management. 32(5). pp.1204-1213.
• Ashworth, G. and Page, S.J., 2011. Urban tourism
research: Recent progress and current paradoxes.
Tourism Management. 32(1). pp.1-15.

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