Qatar Tourism: Planning & Hindering Sustainable Development

This report provides an analysis of sustainable tourism development in Qatar, emphasizing the importance of balancing environmental, cultural, and economic factors. It justifies the introduction of sustainability concepts within Qatar's tourism sector, highlighting the Qatar Tourism Authority's (QTA) role in long-term planning. The report identifies factors that hinder sustainable tourism, such as policy implementation and stakeholder engagement, and analyzes the various stages involved in planning for sustainability within the Qatari context. It concludes by stressing the need for collaborative measures to meet stakeholder requirements and address challenges to ensure the sustainable growth of Qatar's tourism industry, advocating for a tactful approach in managing stakeholders to achieve long-term sustainability goals.

Sustainable Tourism
development

 Slide 3: Introduction
 Slide 4: P 3.1 Justify the introduction of the concept of
sustainability in tourism development with reference Qatar
 Slide 5: P 3.2 Analyze factors that may prevent/hinder
sustainable tourism development with reference to Qatar
 Slide 6: P 3.3 Analyze different stages in planning for
sustainability with reference Qatar.
 Slide 7: Conclusion
 Slide 8: Reference List
Table of Contents

 The environment, culture and the people of a
particular destination are respected by
sustainable tourism. Sustainable tourism
brings awareness in the minds of the tourist
to bring environmental stability in a
destination. In Qatar, the Qatar Tourism
Authority lays its focus on making long-term
plans to make tourism sustainable in the
country. It was been witnessed that, the
percentage of tourists have taken a leap of
6% from the 2012 to 2016
Introduction

 Environmental Sustainability
 Economic Sustainability
P 3.1 Justify the introduction of the concept of sustainability in tourism
development with reference Qatar

 There are many factors that hinder the
achievement of sustainable tourism
development in Qatar. Particularly, the QTA
should consider these factors and work
upon it to achieve sustainable tourism in
the country. Qatar’s government is
developing many policies related to
sustainability in order to develop the
tourism industry (Papatheodorou and
Pappas, 2017).
P 3.2 Analyze factors that may prevent/hinder sustainable tourism
development with reference to Qatar

 Stage 1
 Stage 2
 Stage 3
 Stage 4
 Stage 5
P 3.3 Analyze different stages in planning for sustainability with
reference Qatar.

 The analysis done above has drawn conclusion regarding
the importance of sustainable tourism development in
Qatar. It is very necessary to implements various steps of
sustainable tourism so that the environment does not get
harmed. It is of utmost importance to understand the
requirements of the stakeholders in the tourism industry as
they are the backbone of the industry. All the requirements
of the stakeholders should be met via collaborative
measures. In the project, the issues that hinder the growth
of sustainable tourism in Qatar has also been discussed
which are mostly regarding the visitors and the
stakeholders. In the end of the project, it can be said that
Qatar should tackle its stakeholders in a tactful way in
order to develop sustainable tourism in the country.
Conclusion

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