The World Travel & tourism Council’s (WTTC) 2024 Economic Impact Research (EIR) has revealed the Qatari Travel & tourism sector reached new heights last year, with GDP contribution, jobs and domestic traveller spend all surpassing previous peaks.
Last year, the Travel & tourism’s GDP contribution grew by 31% to reach a record-breaking QAR 81.2BN, representing 10.3% of Qatar’s total economic output, demonstrating the sector’s importance to the national economy.
The sector also proved to be a vital source of employment, creating more than 20,300 new jobs, and raising the total to nearly 286,000 nationwide, representing one in every eight jobs across the country.
Domestic visitor spend was also stronger than ever to reach QAR 1.4BN.
Yet despite holding the FIFA World Cup in the previous year and with spending by overseas visitors increasing by nearly 40% year-on-year to reach QAR 60.4BN, it was still…