Docklands Academy, Unit 32: Sustainable and Responsible Tourism Report

This report, prepared for Docklands Academy's Unit 32, focuses on sustainable and responsible tourism management. It begins with an introduction to sustainability in tourism, emphasizing its role in mitigating negative impacts on the environment, culture, and economy. The report then delves into the impacts of tourism activities, both positive and negative, across social, cultural, economic, and environmental dimensions. It explores how sustainable principles meet stakeholder requirements, including planning and resource management. The report also examines the development and management of sustainability in tourism, highlighting the importance of managing heritage, social activities, and the overall reputation of a region. The conclusion reinforces the necessity of sustainability for the future of the tourism industry, emphasizing the importance of effective planning, crime control, pollution reduction, infrastructure development, and the preservation of natural and cultural heritage. The report is supported by references to academic literature in the field.

Sustainable and responsible
tourism management

Table of Content
 Introduction
 Impacts of tourism activities
 Principles of sustainability meets stakeholders requirements
 Development and management of sustainability
 Conclusion
 References

Introduction
Sustainability defines the use of resources without influencing their competencies and abilities
regarding the future generations. This concept in tourism is useful in eliminating the bad
impacts of tourist on the culture environment and economy. Away with this second part include
PowerPoint presentation which covers the impact of tourism activity and how its principles are
useful to meet the requirements of stakeholders. It also evaluates the sustainability for
developing and managing the range of tourist destinations.

Impacts of tourism activities
Social and cultural: understanding the social impacts is important for the tourism industry as it make sure the
sustainable management there are some positive and negative impacts of tourism which impacts the
communities bi direct and indirect manner.
Positive impact
Many areas will make proper efforts to preserve and protect their local culture as it contribute towards the
conservation and sustainable management of natural resources and leads to protect the local heritage cultural
art and crafts which leads to preserve their local culture.
Negative impact
Social change can put negative impact is it describe the changes which is not expected by the tourism
industry. For example throughout the world there are some areas in which population gets increases and
rapidly changes and reason behind is the tourism industry and also so please to generate many crimes.

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Economical: there are many sources including advertising and fashion industry modern agriculture mining
and Forestry project and so on are the factors which describe the Rapid characteristics of the modern society
and impact the tourism industry in terms of economy.
Positive impact
Government need to promote prominent destinations by securing places for investment that leads to increase
finance and funds for stakeholders. Government need to promote the employment opportunities by starting
new business Ventures and offering new job options in this industry.
Negative impact
There are many factors in travel and tourism industry that become threat on the economy including increased
import tendencies displacement impact seasonal issues regarding foreign capital investment and leakage of
Expenditure out of local economy.

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Environmental: tourism is an activity which attracts people to visit places of their interest including both
National and international and has various activities and experience. The environmental impact on this
industry is categorized under the natural and manmade as natural disasters can put negative impact on the
environmental conditions.
Positive impact
Tourism industry creates awareness regarding their Sustainable Tourism option and also developed
infrastructure including Road telecommunication and social amenities that is beneficial for the tourist
destination sites.
Negative impact
Tourism transportation can harm the environmental conditions and their destinations by polluting there
transit. They also harm the destination appeal towards their clients.

Principles of sustainability meets
stakeholders requirements
Stakeholders and individuals of an organization who have interest and influence the operations of the
organization. In terms of tourism industry the stakeholders consider the individuals business community
society and so on which impact the Tourist activities and the destinations of UK. For this planning is
important that is concerned with developing prominent strategies to achieve desired goals by taking into
account various factors of external environment. Planning is quite beneficial for the various stakeholders of
tourism as it develop a proper analysis and understanding of various factors which impact the economy
society and environmental areas. By undertaking the sustainable principles which are discussed above are use
of resources in proper manner eliminating over consumption of wastage and maintaining diversity is useful
for stakeholders.

Development and management of
sustainability
Sustainability management is a procedure which is useful in describing and developing the policies structures
resources and process regarding the achievement of defined environmental policies.Sustainable tourism is the
concept in which individuals visit as a tourist and also as a responsible individual positively impact
environmental conditions society and economy. As tourism evolved primary transportation local
transportation accommodation shopping and so on that is related with the travel for leisure activities.
Management of sustainability is important in the tourism industry to maintain the Heritage culture social
activities and reputation of region as it include many factors like elimination of crime and provide satisfaction
to visitors and also offer good experience concerning their visit.

Conclusion
With the help of a above mentioned report, it is determined that sustainability is requirement
for the tourism industry to maintain the nature and environment of the area and also control the
negative impacts and activities that is done by other individuals. Along with this the future of
tourism industry relies on the effective planning and their strategies which helps in limiting
crime control pollution development of infrastructure and also manages the natural resources
and cultural heritage.

References
Jamal, T. and Camargo, B.A., 2018. Tourism governance and policy: Whither justice?. Tourism
management perspectives, 25, pp.205-208.
Camilleri, M.A., 2018. The promotion of responsible tourism management through digital
media. Tourism Planning & Development, 15(6), pp.653-671.

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