Qatar’s hotels recorded a record number of bookings last year, meeting industry forecasts which had predicted that Qatar would be a hot spot for tourism in the Middle East in 2012.
The World Travel & Tourism Council suggested last year that tourism in Qatar would grow by 13%. Whilst the actual overall figure for 2013 is a percentage lower at 12%, new statistics released this week by the Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) show strong overall growth in the country’s hospitality sector.
The figures, released as part of the QTA’s Annual Report, give an insight into how Qatar’s tourism vision is shaping up.
In the past, Qatar has made no secret of the fact that it does not want to attract low and mid income leisure tourists, focusing instead on business travel and high end luxury retreats.
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