CONTENTS ABSTRACT 4 EXECTIVE SUMMARY 5 Sustainable tourism guidelines: WTO and UNEP 5 Tourism in the city of Dubai 6 Impacts of the tourism industry on the city 7 Conclusion 8 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 13 1.1 Background of research 13 1.1.1 Purpose and rationale for research 13 1.2 Research question 15 1.3 Aim 15 1.4 Objective 15 1.5 Scope 16 1.6 Limitations 16 CHAPTER 2: SUSTAINABLE TOURISM FRAMEWORK 17 2.1 Introduction 17 2.2 Tourism Industry 17 2.2.1 What is a Tourism Destination? 17 2.2.2 The industry and its impacts on the city 18 2.3 Sustainable development to sustainable tourism 18 2.3.1 Sustainable development principles 18 2.3.2 Sustainable tourism principles 19 2.3.3 Definitions of Tourism and Sustainable Tourism Indicators - definition 20 2.3.4 Tourism development - definitions 21 2.3 Monitoring Systems for Sustainable Tourism 22 2.3.1 Need for monitoring 22 2.3.2 Methods of monitoring 23 2.3.3 Method used for study 23 CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY 24 3.1 Introduction 24 3.1.1 Review of existing information 24 3.2 Identifying the study areas 25 3.3 The process of creating indicators of sustainability 26 3.3.1 Indicators: selection criteria 26 3.4 How many indicators need to be selected? 27 3.5 Which issues do the indicators need to address? 27 CHAPTER 4: LITERATURE STUDY 28 4.1 Introduction 28 4.2 Case Studies 28 4.2.1 Egypt: A study on sustainable tourism initiative for the Red Sea 28 CHAPTER 5: SITE STUDY - DUBAI 34 5.1 Introduction 34 5.1.1 Infrastructure 35 5.1.2 Dubai as a global city 35 5.3 Dubai’s tourism sector overview 36 5.3.1 Dubai Tourism and Commerce Marketing 36 5.3.2 Tourism sector business 36 5.3.3 Tourism license issuance 37 5.3.2 Dubai hospitality sector overview 37 5.3.4 Dubai’s additional drivers for tourism growth and tourism related projects 41 5.4 Green tourism initiatives by DTCM 42 5.4 Key Issues 46 5.4.1 The Missing Stakeholder Working Group (SWG) 46 5.4.2 Stakeholder Working Group (SWG) - Meeting 47 5.4.3 Establishing the Roles and Responsibilities of stakeholders 48 5.5 The Sustainability of the Dubai Tourism Sector of Dubai 50 CHAPTER 6: TOURISM SUSTAINABILITY EVALUATION SCENARIO 55 6.1 Introduction 55 6.2 The policy indicators 55 6.2.1 Implication of the toolkit 56 6.3 Part 1: Sustainable destination management 56 6.3.1 Target users of the toolkit 56 6.3.3 Data collection 57 6.3.4 Analyze Results 57 6.3.5 Enable On-going Development and Continuous Improvement 58 6.4 Policy indicator toolkit samples 58 6.4.1 Toolkit details 59 6.4.2 Evaluation Score 60 6.4.3 Evidence/Reviewer’s comment 60 6.5 Indicator survey sample sheet 60 6.5.1 Sustainable Tourism Theme: Destination management 60 6.5.3 Sustainable Tourism Theme: Cultural and Natural Heritage Management 67 6.5.4 Sustainable Tourism Theme: Environmental Conservation 68 6.5 Application of the indicators 71 CHAPTER 7: DATA ANALYSIS AND REVIEW 72 7.1 Introduction 72 7.1.1 Tool Kit Based Analysis 72 7.2 Challenges Influencing the Success of Tourism in Dubai 73 7.2.1 Regional Instability 73 7.2.2 Ecological Footprint 74 7.2.3 Political Turmoil 75 7.2.4 Social and Cultural Impacts of Tourism 77 CHAPTER 8: SUSTAINABLE MODEL RECOMMENDATIONS 78 8.1 Introduction 78 8.2 Tourism Strategic Planning: Land Use and Zoning 78 8.3 Suggestive Recommendations 79 8.3.1 Recommendations: Community Involvement 80 8.3.1 Recommendations: Environmental Conservation 81 CHAPTER 9: CONCLUSION 84 CHAPTER 10: BIBLIOGRAPHY 86 APPENDIX 88