QATAR
Vacations and Sightseeing

Basic information
Official language	Arabic
Capital	Doha
Area	11.000 km²
Population	2,965,264  (2021)
Currency	Qatari riyal  (QAR)
Web	.qa
Code.	QAT
Tel.	+974

Vacations and Sightseeing

Recently, Qatar is also trying to promote tourism to the country. To this end, major sporting events (tennis, motorcycle races, golf) were organised.

Large conferences and meetings are also regularly organized for the international business world. Only since 1989 visas have been issued to tourists.

The main attractions in Qatar are the coastline with beautiful beaches, the soukhs where you can buy everything and the Al Koot fort with the museum of ethnology.

Furthermore, tourists like to visit the breeding farms with Arabian thoroughbred horses or to watch the camel races that are held regularly.

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Sources

Robison, G. / Bahrain, Kuwait & Qatar
Lonely Planet

Whetter, L. / Live & work in Saudi & the Gulf
Vacation Work

CIA - World Factbook

BBC - Country Profiles

Last updated November 2024
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