Qatar's Tourism Sector: Sustainable Development and Future Planning

This report provides an overview of sustainable tourism development with a specific focus on Qatar's initiatives. It defines sustainable tourism and its importance, particularly in the context of Qatar's growing tourism industry. The report outlines the Qatar Tourism Authority's (QTA) efforts in launching the Qatar National Tourism Sector strategy and emphasizes the need for sustainable tourism practices to ensure long-term economic growth and environmental preservation. It discusses the advantages and disadvantages of public-private sector partnerships in tourism development, highlighting aspects such as cost reduction, planning deficiencies, stakeholder involvement, and coordination challenges. Additionally, the report details the stages in planning for sustainability, including assessing tourism demand and supply, determining objectives, evaluating issues, monitoring processes, and marketing and promotion strategies. The analysis underscores the importance of a coordinated and prioritized approach to achieve sustainable tourism goals in Qatar.

SUSTAINABLE TOURISM
AND DEVELOPMENT

INTRODUCTION
 Tourism is the fastest growing industry and it is having huge impact over the economy of
host country (Ottenbacher and et,al., 2018). In order to have sustainable tourism the place is
need to be clean and hygiene. It is the kind of tourism in which the current needs of the
individual is need to be considered and also need to take initiative which is helpful to meet
the requirements of future generation. The present report will cover the various aspects as
are approaches to tourism planning and development, sustainable tourism, current issues
and impacts of tourism. The present report will outline the business activities of Qatar
Tourism authority which has launched the Qatar national tourism sector. The main aim
behind this report is to create the awareness of the impacts of tourism and need of the
sustainable tourism practices. With the activities of Qatar, the concepts of sustainable
tourism and its role in economic growth can be cleared.

3.1 Define the justification on concept of sustainability in tourism
development with reference to Qatar sustainable tourism
development.
 Sustainable tourism development- The sustainable tourism development is working as to
putting major focus over the economic, future, environment and social impacts on the
tourism with the help of identification of requirement of the visitors, tends in the industry
and communities needs (Kasemsap, 2018).. Thus, in the context of Qatar, the growth in the
tourism can be observed from the differed market research. The main aim in this relation is
to maintain the economic growth of the country. It shows that there is opportunity for the
tourism sector in the Qatar and it is the sustainable tourism and it is very helpful in order to
have growth for the longer period. It shows that it is one of the opportunities for the
tourism sector in Qatar and it is the kind of sustainable tourism which can achieve the
growth for the longer period.

3.2 Description on the advantage and disadvantage of the public
private sector tourism development partnership.
Thus, the advantages of public private sector tourism planning in
UK gained competitive benefits. In this manner the growth of
the country is need to understand and there are various kinds of
benefits associated with it as are-
 Cost reduction- Increment in the tourist cost is one the main
hindrance in relation to maintain the sustainable tourism.
 Lack of planning- In this it can be stated that lack of planning
can really affects the sustainable development.

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 Lack of shareholder involvement- It is compulsory for each
stakeholder to take active participation in planning of
sustainable tourism development.
 Priority- in this it can be said that the lack of priority also
affect the working of sustainable development as most of the
individual prefer short term gain instead of long term benefits.

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Lack of co-ordination- In this it can be said that the involvement
and coordination of the government and other regulatory
bodies are very essential in relation to maintain the sustainable
development in the economy. Hence, it can be stated that
political clash, unrest, lack of co-ordination and this all factors
can also affects the sustainable tourism development.
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3.3 Define the stages in planning for sustainability.
In this QTA has developed plan in order to achieve the goals of sustainable tourism in the
Qatar. In this it can be said that the proper planning is required to be done which is
consists of various steps as are-
• Assessing the tourism demand and supply- In order to access the demand and supply
is the basis requirement in relation to meet the practices of sustainable development.
• Determining the objective- After that stage it is very important to determine the
objectives with the help of which long term target can be achieved.
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• Evaluate the issues- In this the QTA will focus over the key issues and it
is very important to have implementation of sustainable development.
• Monitoring process- After the preparation of plan there is need to take
the steps as to evaluate and review the plan. This is the step in which
there is need to make the better evaluation in the actual and planned
performance.
• Marketing and promoting the event- it is the final step, under this there
is need to promote the event and other tourist destination of UK..
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