Planning for Sustainable Tourism Development: Case of Qatar

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of sustainable tourism development in Qatar. It examines the rationale for planning in the tourism industry, highlighting the benefits for stakeholders and the advantages and disadvantages of public-private sector partnerships. Different approaches to tourism planning are analyzed at international, national, regional, and local levels, emphasizing the significance of interactive planning systems. The report evaluates methods to measure tourist impact and justifies the introduction of sustainability in tourism development, while also addressing factors that hinder sustainable practices. Furthermore, it assesses methods for resolving conflicts of interest, balancing supply and demand, and the ethical issues of enclave tourism. Finally, the report compares tourism development issues in developing countries and emerging destinations, offering recommendations for the future development of tourism in these regions. Desklib provides access to this and other solved assignments to support student learning.

Sustainable Tourism Development
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Task 1: Understand the rationale for planning in the travel and tourism industry..........................4
P1.1 Discuss how stakeholders can benefit from planning of tourism developments with
reference to Qatar........................................................................................................................4
P1.2 Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of public/private sector tourism planning
partnerships drawing examples Qatar..........................................................................................6
Task 2: Understand different approaches to tourism planning and development...........................7
P2.1 Analyse features of tourism development planning at different levels with reference to
the Qatar.......................................................................................................................................7
P2.2 Evaluate the significance of interactive planning systems and processes in tourism
development with reference to Qatar...........................................................................................9
P2.3 Evaluate different methods available to measure tourist impact with reference to Qatar. 10
Task 3: Understand the need for planning for sustainable tourism...............................................12
P3.1 Justify the introduction of the concept of sustainability in tourism development with
reference Qatar...........................................................................................................................12
P3.2 Analyse factors that may prevent/hinder sustainable tourism development with reference
to Qatar......................................................................................................................................12
P3.3 Analyse different stages in planning for sustainability with reference Qatar...................12
Task 4: Understand current issues related to tourism development planning...............................13
P4.1 Evaluate methods of resolving a conflict of interests to ensure the future wellbeing of a
developing tourism destination such as Qatar...........................................................................13
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4.2 Analyse the implications of balancing supply and demand with reference to Qatar...........14
4.3 Evaluate the moral and ethical issues of enclave tourism in Qatar.....................................14
Task 5: Understand the socio-cultural, environmental and economic impacts of tourism in
developing countries and emerging destinations...........................................................................16
P 5.1 Compare current issues associated with tourism development in a developing country
and an emerging destination where the impacts of tourism are different..................................16
P5.2 Evaluate, with recommendations, the future development of tourism in these chosen
destinations................................................................................................................................18
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................19
References......................................................................................................................................20
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Introduction
Sustainable tourism can be explained because the idea of staying an area as
a visitor and make contributions in making the wonderful impact on
the economy, surroundings and the society. In the process of making the tourism
more sustainable tourism plays an important role through involving in the primary transportation
to the general place, motels, nearby transportation, endeavor, nourishment, purchasing, leisure
and so on. The report highlights the primary reason of undertaking the studies that are to gain the
information of the various strategies and the intent to the tourism development and making plans,
modern-day issues and troubles, sustainable tourism and the effect of the tourism. This could
assist in increasing the competencies and understanding of the learner to plan and manipulate the
tourism at every degree which includes local, nearby framework, countrywide, global and so on.
Importance is also elaborated of contemporary tendencies of making plans within the journey
and tourism for the tourism development with the diverse locations. The different stages of the
planning process will help in identifying the theoretical model for the practical case study and
site visits.
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Task 1: Understand the rationale for planning in the travel and tourism industry
P1.1 Discuss how stakeholders can
benefit from the planning of
tourism developments with
reference to Qatar.
Sustainability is the important aspects
of the tourism planning and
development. There are various
stakeholders that make the tourism
more sustainable and contribute their
major contribution in making the
tourism industry more effective and
supportable.
[Source: 123rf, 2018]
The different stakeholders of the
sustainable tourism may involve
government bodies, local community,
tourist, voluntary sector, experts,
specialized media, non-governmental
organization, tourism industry and so
on. These stakeholders make their
contribution in developing the tourism
planning. The Qataris the country that
is having the rich culture and history
such as it hosts around 80 sports events.
In 2019 it will go to host the World
Athletics Champions, FIFA World Cup
in 2022 and the FINA World
Swimming Championships in 2023.
The activities of Qatar will help in
attracting the tourism to come and
visits the country. This becomes the
source of income generation (123rf,
2018. Vector). Other than that the quart
is hosting 150 business conferences
every year so that the businessman
from all over the world can visit the
country and participates in making the
planning of conducting the business.
[Source: Khan, 2017]
The activities conducting by Qatar
increases the demand of the tourism
product and services and forces them to
build more hotels to meet the
increasing demand. Other benefits that
stakeholders contribute in the planning
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of tourism developments are as
follows:
To achieve the determined
objectives: The different stakeholders
of tourism help Qatar in accomplishing
the goals and objectives. For example,
by 2030 the capacity of 1.2 billion
people increases to 1.8 billion. When
the visitors used to come to the country
they not only help in generating the
revenue but also contribute to
accomplishing the determined
objectives.
The main objective of Qatar is as
follows:
 To improve and increases the
employment opportunities
 To protect and conserve the
wildlife
 To make coordination and
better relationship between the
private and public partners
The stakeholders help in improving the
employment opportunities. When the
stakeholders come to the country they
are considered as the source of the
employment opportunities in the
economy. It increases the opportunities
by increasing the degree of skills and
knowledge and allows them to enter
into the workforce of migrant workers,
women’s and the youth (Agarwal,
2013). It increases the employment
opportunities in the different locations
such as transportation,
accommodations, attraction sites, and
transportation. The skilled and trained
manpower is an important aspect of the
tourism development planning that is
contributed by the different
stakeholders often tourism industry.
To maximize benefits: The
stakeholders of the travel industry also
maximizes the benefits such as it
provide infrastructure, coordinate
development and also provide the
consumer protection. This will
contribute in developing the better
decision for the development and
marinating the sustainability of the
tourism sector (Anjorin & Ravi, 2015).
P1.2 Discuss the advantages and
disadvantages of public/private
sector tourism planning
partnerships drawing examples in
Qatar.
Public and personal tourism planning
can be defined because the affiliation
among the public and the non-public
zone so that it will accomplish the
long-term sustainability dreams and
targets. Usually, this is used for making
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the development inside the precise
regions. In phrases of Qatar, public and
the private tourism planning plays a
totally essential position in making the
tourism improvement extra sustainable.
[Source: Oohlala, 2013]
This helps Qatar in making the
sustainable tourism developing country.
Other than that it also help in attaining
the socially desirable goals and
objectives in order to increases the
opportunity of the employment. These
benefits help in Qatar in providing the
quality and standard of life to the
economy. Private tourism planning
help in encouraging the effective use of
the natural resources that are available
in Qatar for example, natural resources,
infrastructure, human resources and
heritage and so on (Barratt
developments, 2017). This type of
planning will help in making the
policies for tourism in a better way that
is beneficial for the local community.
As per the private and public
partnership the different type of
sustainable project in an effective and
cost-effective way. This will increases
the planning of financial resources for
the purpose of development of the
tourism industry.
Beside this, there is a certain limitation
that is made by the public/private sector
tourism planning partnerships on the
sustainable tourism. The different types
of the partnership will increase the
potential risk to the sensitivity to the
investors and shareholders. Along with
this, the model of PPP also faces
various issues while making the
coordination between the public and
private company and entrepreneurs.
Furthermore, it also increases the
financial risk on the monetary
outcomes of the tourism industry of
Qatar (Cohen, 2014). Both the sectors
will create the situation of the lack of
availability of the resources for making
the sustainable tourism in Qatar.
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Task 2: Understand different approaches to tourism planning and
development
Introduction
For effective tourism planning, one needs to follow various steps that are involved in tourism
development planning and those are detailed below:
P2.1 Analyse features of tourism development planning at different levels with
reference to Qatar.
First and foremost thing, for having an effective and efficient tourism planning and
developmental plan, it is necessary to create a proper understanding of all the levels by which
travel and tourism sector is most affected. Those levels are namely, international, national,
regional and local and so as to create a better understanding of these levels one needs to analyze
and understand their characteristics and importance of each in the respective sectors to make an
appropriate plan. Following are the strategies for each level, individually:
International: Nowadays, there are many international organizations such as organization for
economic cooperation and development, which are working with the centrally authorized parties
or government for the betterment of people economically and socially around the globe and is
working on improving the destination plans too. So, the plans should be made in regard to this
and proper analysis and evaluation program followed by implementation program should be
followed (Dummies, 2017).
National: Public sectors and private sectors combined are national sectors where both sectors
work together for the smooth working of the sustainable tourism sector in the country. Here, at
the national level, all the plans and strategies are vision towards the single goals and objectives
and they focus on achieving it more efficiently and more effectively. Same as the Qatar
government, that is working upon these plans to fulfill its tasks along with the private sector
units prevailing in the country.
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Regional and local: As the name suggests, all the strategies and plans made towards the travel
and tourism sector is based on the thinking and needs of the local people. In this level, surveys or
questionnaires based on the needs and wants and basically changes on the side of the local
people in the travel sector is made aware and actions and plans are made in accordance to them
by the regional companies itself based on the culture and beliefs of the region (Ehret, et. al.,
2013).
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P2.2 Evaluate the significance of interactive planning systems and processes in
tourism development with reference to Qatar.
As every sector and departments has its own pros and cons , travel and tourism sector have its
own pros and cons, for briefing its pros are it benefits the government and many private sector
units, its leads to the development of many other sectors prevailing in the respective country, it
introduces new ideas and culture in a country but the cons are more appealing sometimes such
as congested crowds or crowded areas around the sightseeing destinations , traffic problems ,
some foreign and bad habits and exploitation of alien party, depreciation of the countries culture
sometimes, even, and all these cons could be only seen when the tourism planning is not done
sufficiently and adequately (Housh, 2015). So, one could say that it is very necessary to create
and implement a proper plan of action so as to gain more and more of pros of the sector and
reduce more and more of the cons from the sector.
Qatar government should work with the private sector and other regional companies so as to
make an efficient plan towards the achievement of the sustainable tourism in its country. For
that, it needs to understand all the positive and negative factors and needs to make a plan after a
proper analysis and evaluation of each and every strategy designed towards the plan and then, the
implementation should be done.
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P2.3 Evaluate different methods available to measure tourist impact with reference
to Qatar.
Travel and tourism sector is, basically, affected internally and externally by the economic,
environmental, social and political factors where the performance and the offers and packages
are mostly exaggerated. And so as to minimize these factors or to completely remove them from
the travel and tourism sector there are generally, two methods used worldwide, which Qatar
Government could use, namely, Cambridge model and steam model which are developed and
propounded by the experts of a united kingdom based tourism. Following are the methods to
reduce the impact of those factors:
Cambridge model: Cambridge model is the most effective method as it is precise and relevant
and provides the applicable and allowable answers to the problems because it uses survey
methods and maintained and revised information towards the solutions to the problems faced by
the travel and tourism sector (Innovation policy platform, 2013). Qatar government could use
this model to solve its dilemma towards the environmental and economic factors as it could get
the appropriate results through it.
Steam model: Steam model uses various types of aspects towards the problems such as surveys
on the side of local people and the visitors to one country, keeping a count on the number of
tourists approaching in a year, budget and expenditure of the government towards the tourism
sector and etc. Qatar Government could use this model towards to the decision of the products
and services that are made avail to the tourists so that it could be able to cope up with all the
factors that are affecting the performance of the respective sector internally and externally.
Therefore, Qatar Government could use both of those models towards its solutions of the various
factors affecting the working of the travel and tourism sector (Investopedia, 2017).
Conclusion:
By understanding the different factors and issues that are going on in travel and tourism sector,
one could plan and strategies a very efficient and effective control towards the performance of
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this sector and could achieve its sustainability. Qatar Government could use all the above-done
evaluation and analysis so that it could develop a better tourism sector for its tourists.
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