Operating in the Great Barrier Reef Tourist Attractions Of Australia

Question: Discuss about the Great Barrier Reef Tourist Attractions Of Australia. Answer: Great Barrier Reef is one of the major tourist attractions of Australia. It is one of the most valuable and precious gifts of nature. It displays a beautiful and thrilling marine life blended with the best gifts of nature. It attracts millions of travelers both from the local and the international levels. Apart from the soothing natural flora and fauna, one can also enjoy many adventures on the Great Barrier Reef (Lance 2016). The business segment selected from the hospitality industry is the lodging sector. This is one of the most important sectors as the Whitsundays attract a major amount of tourists every year. So, all the tourists will surely look for a comfortable place to stay. As the times are changing so are the needs and demand of the travelers. It is for this reason that the different lodging facilities at Whitsundays have provided many options to the tourists there are hotels, motels and also facilities of bareboating, self-contained stays in the cabins surrounded by the tropical flora and fauna of the Airlie Beach, national parks, gardens and many other such unique and trilling options (Great Barrier Reef 2018). Lodging at the Whitsundays can be one of the best ways for promoting environmental, social and economic sustainability at the same time. The local farmers can b appointed to set up some farmland areas where they can display and also sell the locally grown fruits and vegetables of the island. The a la Carte restaurants can take fresh fruits, vegetables meat, fish, spices and all other such ingredients from the local farmers (Ryan et al. 2016). Fooding is one of the essentials that the tourists will look for in the hotels where they are staying. The flame tree tourist village is a beautiful resort in the midst of the nature that provides the tourists a blissful experience. The local people can be appointed to take care of the garden surrounding the resorts and they can also act as tour guide into the national park and the camping adventures as well. The local people can very well manage the local flora and fauna as well (Cheer and Lew 2017). Different laws have to be passed by the travel and hospitality sectors so that the tourists cannot harm the natural flora and fauna of the island. They must understand their responsibility of keeping the islands and also the hotels neat and clean. It is their duty to make sure that the resorts where they are staying are not made untidy by them. They must not throw garbage in and around the hotels. They must not misuse the accommodation facilities (Ball et al. 2018). They must carefully handle the furniture. In order to maintain the ecological balance, ecotourism has been set up. The cultural and social heritages are also maintained (Tourismwhitsundays.com.au 2018). The lodging of the tourists is done in such a way that they are located in national parks, gardens, and museums. Palm Bay resorts and Whitsunday Apartments can be some of the good examples of the Green hotels that have been set up on the island for maintaining proper ecological balance. They are also making use of the mode rn technological advancements to make sure that the lodging is designed in such a way that there are no harmful impacts on the environment (Cheer and Lew 2017). Currently, the hospitality sector is setting up many eco-friendly and many green hotels that are designed in such a way that minimizes the harmful impacts on the environment. The design is such that reflects back the UV rays, catch sunlight and reflects it within the buildings and the rooms so that the tourists have a healthy stay. There is enough vegetation around the resorts so that fresh and purified air gets into the house and destroys the germs. The resorts are constructed with sufficient cross ventilation system. Eco-certification principles are being followed to design the accommodation and lodging facilities in an eco-friendly and sustainable manner. Whitsundays is doing a good work in making the lodging facilities eco-friendly. This is indeed a very good step towards promoting environmental sustainability. In the future days, they must adopt more advanced technological methods for designing the hotels and resorts in such a way that will generate sustainable development. References Ball, D., Bryant, S.L. and Mau, R., 2018. The interplay between tourism and conservation on islands.Australian Island Arks: Conservation, Management and Opportunities, p.165. Cheer, J.M. and Lew, A.A. eds., 2017.Tourism, Resilience and Sustainability: Adapting to Social, Political and Economic Change. Routledge. 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