Doha, Qatar: Qatar has attracted visitors from across the region with travellers from Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries making up 53 percent of the total arrivals.
Visitors from GCC countries contributed significantly to the strong growth in tourist arrivals in January 2024, according to the official data by the Planning and Statistics Authority (PSA).
Qatar is working towards achieving its goal of receiving six million tourists by 2030 under a national strategy that seeks to increase the sector’s contribution to the gross domestic product from 7 percent to 12 percent.
The country welcomed 370,051 visitors from the GCC in January 2024, against 141,998 in the same month in 2023, recording a jump of 160.6 percent annually. In December 2023 the number of visitors from the GCC stood at 171,035 witnessing a rise of 116.4 percent on monthly basis.
Travellers from Gulf region constituted 53 percent in total arrivals. While other Arab countries represented 7 percent as 51,583…
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