Analysis of Sustainable Tourism Development in Qatar (BUS101)

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of sustainable tourism development, focusing on Qatar as a case study. It begins by discussing stakeholder welfare within the tourism industry, highlighting the economic benefits and advantages for various stakeholders, including communities and investors. The report then explores the pros and cons of public-private partnerships (PPP) in tourism development, examining their impact on infrastructure, efficiency, and risk. Furthermore, the report justifies the importance of tourism development plans at international, national, regional, and sub-regional levels, emphasizing the role of interactive planning in achieving development goals. It evaluates various methods for measuring tourist impact, such as economic impact models, Cambridge economic models, and the STEAM model. The report also justifies the introduction of sustainability in tourism development, analyzes factors that hinder sustainable practices, and outlines different stages in planning for sustainability. The report concludes by examining the issues facing tourism development and evaluating recommendations for improvement, providing a holistic view of sustainable tourism strategies.

Sustainable Tourism
Development

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Discussing the stakeholder welfare in the context of tourism sustainability ...................1
1.2 Explaining pros/cons of PPP ..........................................................................................2
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................3
2.1 justifying the tourism development plan..........................................................................3
2.2 Explaining the importance of interactive planning in tourism development...................4
2.3 Evaluate different methods available to measures tourist impact with reference to Qatar.. .4
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................6
3.1 Justifying the introduction of the concept of sustainability in tourism development.......7
3.2 Analysing the different factors that may prevent/hinder sustainable tourism development
with reference to Qatar...........................................................................................................7
3.3 Analyses different stages in planning for sustainability...................................................7
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................9
Article.....................................................................................................................................9
TASK 5..........................................................................................................................................10
5.1 Explaining the issues or problems facing by the tourism development.........................10
5.2 Evaluate the recommendation........................................................................................11
CONCLUSION .............................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................13

INTRODUCTION
Sustainable tourism is the term which is related to the tourism which also ensure the
environment sustainability and its importance as well. Sustainable tourism has been given both
positive and negative impact on the environment. Tourism business is the only sector that
encourage for the new development at the destination or the specific location. Present study will
be base on sustainable tourism in the context of Qatar case study. Qatar is a country with rich
culture and history in the Middle East. Qatar is been famous since they hosts the sports events for
Olympics, world cup etc. Qatar has almost hosts more than 150 business annually.
Therefore the present study will outline and realize reason or the concept of planning for
the travel and tourism industry with reference to a current case study. Discuss the advantage and
disadvantage of public and private sector tourism planning partnership drawing on a current
examples. Besides, study also describes the strategies for the enhancement of tourism planning.
This will help to continue work objective and gain to better understand the opportunity and
growth for better organisation goals. Further in this report will explains close to concept of
sustainable tourism that generate & hinder sustainable development growth. Justify the
introduction of the concept of different stages in planning for sustainability. In the last segment
report also justify the importance or the role of economic development and the environmental
impact in order to emerging the destination places.
TASK 1
1.1 Discussing the stakeholder welfare in the context of tourism sustainability
Stakeholders in tourism industry In Qatar are employees, investors, suppliers, authorities,
customers, local government, communities of Qatar (Sánchez Cañizares, Castillo Canalejo and
Núñez Tabales, 2016). The benefits reflect from the tourism businesses are directly or indirectly
affect the stakeholder in positive manner. Some of the stakeholder benefits are given below that
Qatar gained by the tourism business.
Economic Development : Customers, employees, government and other community of the
country get highly benefited in economic development. Because tourism business develop the
employment opportunity to sustain the growth and stability of people. Besides, tourism
development also maintained and increased the infrastructure facility that effective for the people
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of society. Therefore, Qatar tourism grow the tourism growth along with generating revenue for
the government.
Resources : High tourism sustainability and growth will provides the better resources in the
country. Resources helps to develop the new planning and think for the reforms to maintained
the country overall structure more effective.
Community : Community defines the local authorities that highly affecting the tourism
development along with increasing the services and growth (Arkema and et.al., 2015). Directly
and indirectly community people are highly benefited from the tourism industry to gain the profit
and higher development growth. Some of the benefits that achieved by the communities are
better and higher effective quality effective goals. Employment and competition through the
tourism are two major consideration for the community of Qatar.
Competitive advantage : any other businesses gain advantage from the tourism industry to gain
the competitive advantage and earn profit. Tourism industry open the opportunity for the other
business or employees to get more higher opportunity and goals for the businesses. To gain best
and new developing style.
Responsible environment culture : Local community can get this advantage to maintained the
environment or culture of local responsibilities. That also helps to aware the business goals and
make them better understanding goals and opportunity (Barthel-Bouchier, 2016). Local
authorities are the most essential gain for the business that mostly attracted by the company
objectives.
1.2 Explaining pros/cons of PPP
Qatar tourism place is most beautiful and exploring for tourists. In order to gain or
increase the process of structure it will also required for the country to get partnership with
private or public organisation to make the development planning more effectively. Public
private partnership is the agreement or contract between government or a private firm it
generate the more essential and opportunity for the business to better understand the opportunity
and development leading target. Along with that, it involves various benefits and advantage for
the people in terms of development (Budeanu and et.al., 2016). It goes the different this different
opportunity and development gain can help to Qatar to approach the new sports events and get
the tourism development opportunity for the country. Collaboration between government and
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private firms brought expanded highway capacity online years that traditional government does
also or make the some different possibilities to grow.
Advantage
 Public-private partnership can grow the Qatar infrastructure and best outcomes which is
beneficial for the Country development.
 After partnership it increases the possibilities to fast accomplish the projects and reduced
the overall aping chances. Somehow it increases better development chances.
 It also increases the efficiency and chances of new development policies which is
beneficial for the tourists sustainability (Chaperon, 2017).
 High quality standards are better obtained throughout the life cycle of the projects.
 Partnership of public and private can also helpful to use resources that helps in
developing infrastructure, heritage places, human resource etc.
Disadvantage
 Partnership increases the chances of risk factor that somehow affect the tourism industry.
 Profits of the projects can vary depending on the assumed risk and the level of
competition and the complexity and scope of the project.
TASK 2
2.1 justifying the tourism development plan
Tourism development planning at different stages
International Level : Tourism planning at international level defines for the multiple country. It
also helps to develop the attraction in country on the basis of the nearby developments in words.
Qatar Tourism development and promote their tourism in other countries to attract the visitors.
In this level of planning government try to approach the other country to take over the new
development process to better gain the opportunity and task.
National level : At national level government or tourism company mainly focus on the country
itself rather than other (Čorak and Živoder, 2017). This set the long term and short term
objectives such as accommodations development, services given to tourist, laws and regulations
for security, all such plans has been prepared in this stage or task.
Regional level : Regional level planning develop the plans and attraction in destination along
with some policies development for tourism. Entire set of the destination in Qatar destination
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will help to continue the development gain and opportunity. Regional level planning of tourism
almost cover and promote the new strategies policies etc.
Sub regional level : Sub regional level planning of Qatar tourism is all about the development of
diversity in sub section to the policies and procedures easy and effective. Situational plans for
strategic development and services are handled through the information collected from Qatar.
2.2 Explaining the importance of interactive planning in tourism development.
Qatar tourism industry accomplish the aim and objectives of the development by the help
of interactive planning with the help of support of private and public organisation (da Costa ,
Teixeira and Lisboa, 2019). Interactive planning is defined as the system that main focus on
creating the future designing a desirable (EXPERT ARTICLES, 2019). This planning based on
the assumption that future depends on the activity of present and then. It affect the business
future objective and task. This is the continuous process which has always taken the involvement
of the company stakeholders. For example : Qatar tourism should have focus on the present deals
if they want to gain profit in the future. For that, tourism company should have plan the proper
strategies to attract buyers attention towards the organisation. This form of new development and
dealing with high professional goals. However the study also explained about the developing
method that mainly focus on the new development source.
Value of mutual preparation in tourism development
 Interactive planning is significant for the Qatar tourism in order to collect the proper data
and information from local and national level to better define the effectiveness of
development (EXPERT ARTICLES, 2019).
 Analyse of positive and negative impact because which become easy die to interactive
proper planning.
 Interactive planning helps to evaluate the proper resources and required changes and
modification required to be done (Dos Santos, Méxas and Meiriño, 2017).
2.3 Evaluate different methods available to measures tourist impact with reference to Qatar.
There are different methods are present in which impact of tourist has given. Such
models are given below:
Economic Impact model
Economic impact model helps to determine the economic stability of the country the
model is used to estimate the income generated from the tourism in Qatar along with total
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employments supported by the industry to empower country. Economy is the higher model
which affect the business into more higher manner. This model of application helps to examine
the effect of an event on the economy in the context of tourism development process. However,
this application helps tourism to measure the level of business revenue, business profits, personal
wages and jobs.
Cambridge economic model
This is reprise version of economic model this model or strategy analyse the economic
environment from top to down. In order to measure the data this method get data from very deep
to identify the actual data affect the Qatar tourism (Ferguson and Alarcon, 2015). This method of
measuring the possibilities of events can helpful to support indicators for a local area. This
method is based on neo classical method of measuring the events happening. In other words, the
application used for this model is aggregation problem which is critically summed up as saying
that the theory suffers from the fallacy of composition.
STEAM model
STEAM model stands for Scarborough Tourism Economic Activity Monitor Model. This
method evaluate the effectiveness of evaluating the number of visitors. This model uses four
inputs to generate the actual data and impact. For example to evaluate the accommodation data
or services and then calculate the kind of services and measure the attendance on visit and last
how much facilities offered by the Qatar. All such information or data can helpful to gain the
systematic areas. This model generally based on the applications which designed to provide a
robust indicative base for monitoring trends based on monthly and annual outputs.
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TASK 3
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3.1 Justifying the introduction
of the concept of
sustainability in tourism
development
Sustainability concept of the
tourism business is highly
competitive and effective.
Competitive business
environment obtain the
different advantage and
dealing with high effective
work targets (Font Garay and
Jones, 2016). Qatar
sustainability environment is
very high and engaging. In
order to attract the
sustainability environment it is
very necessary for the country
to take some steos in the
development of sustainability
growth. The reason of
sustainability development is it
helps to gain the attention of
tourists. This development of
Qatar can provide the more
opportunities and events
through country can get the
higher position in the tourists
development.
In other words, tourism
is one of the most highest
3.2 Analysing the different
factors that may
prevent/hinder
sustainable tourism
development with
reference to Qatar.
This will help to continue the
work opportunity and gain that
matter the most effective and
learning outcomes. There are
different factors that may
prevent /hinder sustainable
tourism development for the
development of Qatar. There
are some factors that hinder
the sustainable tourism
business.
Cost : This is the first
factor that keep affect the
tourism industry. The higher
cost that tourism business
faces in accommodation
services, transportation
services. That better
understand the opportunities
and growth that better
understand the opportunity and
gain. Due to increasing the
prices and of flights goes up as
well negatively impacting long
distance and international
3.3 Analyses different stages
in planning for
sustainability.
Study recognition : In
the first step of planning it is
required to make list of people
who involved in the whole
process of tourism planning. In
this development opportunity
it will help to continue the
work opportunity and gain that
better understand the
opportunity and
Implementation on
new surveys : Implementation
is the new developing
opportunity that makes the best
developing opportunity. There
will be the requirements of
new data for the tourism
planning which will need some
new surveys which could get
some more details.
Resources Analysis :
Next process of the step of
developing the negative impact
on the region. In tourism
industry there are required
number of resources for better
development and outcomes.
Policy and plan
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growing sector which also
spread across the globe. There
are many countries which
engaged with the sustainability
in order to promote the green
projects and environment.
Tourism is also promote the
count destinations, places,
heritage and other old
monuments that helps to
generate income revenue for
the country as well.
travel.
Weather : Weather
play an important role in the
tourism industry that decides
the sales volume of the tourism
industry (Hall, 2017). For
example some travellers prefer
to travel in summers on the
other side, some other
travellers love to travel in
winters. Similarly, incidents of
extreme weather and national
disasters can happened
anytime that might the number
of visitors.
Safety : Safety is a
primary concern of traveller of
all types. Safety becomes
particularly important
travelling abroad and to
developing countries. Safety is
the biggest issue or concern
part for the organisation that
affect the business profit.
Safety concern can also restrict
the tourism scope in the
country. This is the another
factor that restrict or hinder the
tourism development.
Access of amenities :
Maximum number of travellers
formulations : In this step it
makes the plan or policies for
the new strategies that will
applying the new advantage
and results.
Recommendation :
Recommendation step is for
sustaining the new strategies
and open up the possibilities
for new innovative ideas, in
order to make sure some
innovative ideas and goals.
Implementation of
Plan : This stage is the final
where the overall planning
should be done on the basis of
new styles and goals.
Monitoring :
Monitoring is the final step
that helps to ensure the all
other process and outcomes.
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wants some luxurious facilities
it defines the better
understanding opportunity for
the company to sustained the
better opportunity and gain.
TASK 4
Article
Methods of resolving conflicts with interest to ensure the future well-being
Interpersonal skills : In order to reduce the negative impact tourism industry should have
maintained the good relation with the other stakeholders. Interpersonal skills required to be
more effective that helps to attract the tourism. On the same side, tourism company also need
to maintained the good connections with the government, people to make more profit revenues.
Host guest relationship : Another method or way to resolve the conflicts is to protect the
interest of guest and maintained the good relationship with them. Country should make sure that
their guests came from another country should feel safe and secure that helps to make the good
impact on them. This process increases the chances of more tourism.
Demonstration conflicts : Demonstration conflict can be resolve by collaborative approach in
which people are working in together way (Lee and Hsieh, 2016).
Community Based Natural Resource Management : This is the another method or approach
that would be helpful to ensure the future well being. By influencing sustainability environment
and secure the hospitality it will automatically engage the high growth services. On the other
side, it is the responsibility of hospitality sector to make sure the environment positive and
secure to maintained the beauty of place.
Stakeholder Satisfaction : if tourists are not satisfied by the service providers of hospitality it
would be given negative impact on the overall tourism industry. So this it is significant for the
organizations to make client satisfied and happy with the service to ensure the future well being
as well.
Analyse the implications of balancing supply and demand.
Supply and demand should be balanced in a proper format that contribute the better
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understanding and thought. The supply demand of the tourism relates to the infrastructure,
telecommunication, transportation to visitors. In order to promote the demand and supply of the
tourism development this affect the business and motivating the opportunity and task to develop
the systematic goals and objectives. However, proper resources, tourist destination and security
level can generate more leads for the tourism industry. For hospitality sector it is very necessary
for them to maintained the balance between supply and demand. This balance is maintained
with the help of marketing techniques. So it will be the call of marketing team to attract and
implement the attractive marketing efforts to gain more profit and demand. There are different
kinds of strategies that could adopted by the company. Like quality enhancement, making
effective planning, development of new services or products etc.
Moral and ethical issues of enclave tourism.
In order to enclave the services define the process to provides the best services to the visitors.
This services attract new customers towards the destination. In this context, Qatar destination
government required to serve the better services for their clients and also ensure the ethical
implications to secure the overall system performance. The moral issues also appears in the
form of less integration with tourism development (Nguyen, Imamura and Iuchi, 2017). Ethical
considerations is must to be more specified and developing. The more ethical issues arise due to
legislations and legal implications that certainly affect the business opportunity. There are some
more issues which enclave tourism like political unrest plus tourists of contracting diseases like
AIDS. Other than that, heritage and culture values also suffering because of traditional
influences.
TASK 5
5.1 Explaining the issues or problems facing by the tourism development
Due to certain changes and affect it develops the ineffective working out goals.
Environmental factors obtain certain issues for the industry. Due to certain issues visitors restrict
the entrance of the overall business performance. In Qatar Museum of Islamic Art facing issues
of issues due to terror attack, natural disasters etc. On the other side, global warming is the
another issue of tourism that limits the development process. Qatar destination places are highly
affected by the act of terrorism which might affect the whole destination.
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Another cause of low development of tourism affected by poor government policies that
certainly reduce the opportunity of tourism development. Tourism industry facing issues related
climatic sensitive due to which hospitality sector facing so many fluctuations. Due to heavy
terrorism and uncertainties this issues also making negative impact on the overall clients. Poor
developed environment can also hamper the development to tourism as many a times.
5.2 Evaluate the recommendation
In order to get overcome from the current issues. The government of Qatar should take
some new reforms strategies and better developed the new strategies for the tourism. Besides,
that government can make developments in tourism that gain the business opportunities and
growth that evaluate the issues and focus on enclave tourism. Somehow it affect the business
planning and in motivation form (Petrova and Hristov, 2016). Though currently there are several
issues in the tourism industry that indirectly affect tourism development in different operational
context. Tourism development is the source of income which government generated from the
tourism company. In order to minimize above issues and challenges hospitality sector should
have taking new steps to get over from the issues. Apart from this, to minimize the infrastructure
issue. Qatar tourism can build new monuments and historical development which makes the
positive impact on the better targets. The surplus revenue generated by the tourism industry
should be invested back in community.
In order to attract more business toward the Qatar tourism company or businesses should
focus on the safety measures that helps them to attract more number of tourists. Besides that, also
they can promote the country destination places through social media site with the help of
advertisement, magazine articles etc. Besides, they can also invest on the technologies to
enhance the marketing strategies as well.
Government should take some new strategies and measure to promote the Qatar tourism
however, it develops the business management that across the fact and figure to motivate the
system into higher performing manner. This fact and sustained the best developing performing
activities to better understand the goals and developing new outcomes. Besides, Qatar
development and also plan for the main development opportunity and task to be more effectively
sustainable. For that, study also affect the business developing and better opportunity and gained.
Along with that, Qatar country can also launch the new product or service to better
motivates the business goals and builds the new opportunity and gained. Besides that, assists to
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grow existing annual and other periodic events that also better presents the goals and objectives.
Government also should increase the security measures in the country that increases the
possibilities of new travellers visits in Qatar. Along with that, improved networking and
collaboration among operators and stakeholders (Zaitseva, Goncharova and Androsenko, 2016).
That also gives the positive impact on the business growth. All such recommended strategies and
approaches can develop the good sign for tourism sustainability development.
CONCLUSION
By the summing up the above study it has been concluded how commercial enterprise
sustainability evolution the important aspect for the business. Study justified the concept of
tourism and how much opportunities they have in order to gain the development. Study
explained the advantage or disadvantage of public/private sector tourism planning partnership.
Therefore, the study concluded the stakeholder benefits form the planning. Also, report
concluded about the factors that hinder the sustainable tourism development such factors are
costs, climate weather conditions, time, amenities etc. Such as study also concluded about
methods of resolving conflict of tourism development. However, the overall study explained the
deep understanding of the tourism development and its impact on the environmental
sustainability.
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