Qatar Tourism Chief Operating Officer Berthold Trenkel launches the Monopoly board game Doha edition at The Pearl-Qatar, yesterday. Pic: Salim Matramkot/The Peninsula
The famous board game Monopoly Doha edition has officially been unveiled yesterday at The Pearl-Qatar.
Doha is the second in the MENA region to have an official Monopoly board game, first was Dubai in 2019. The board game was first marketed in 1935.
Qatar Tourism Chief Operating Officer (COO) Berthold Trenkel told The Peninsula that the board game is for both locals and the international audience.
“For our locals to cherish their home country, and the main idea is for the international audience. This is for them to take home the board and bring on vacation, this is something that they keep and remind them about Doha and hopefully they will come back,” he said.
The COO also advised the public saying, “Get a game, play the game, switch off your TV, switch off your mobile phone, talk to each other and have a…