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Qatar’s biggest international food festival returns

March 15, 2023846 Views

• Highly anticipated Qatar International Food Festival returns for its 12th edition • Event takes place in new Lusail Boulevard district for first time The pinnacle event in Qatar’s culinary calendar, the 12th Qatar International Food Festival (QIFF) is welcoming thousands of visitors to the newly-opened Lusail Al Sa’ad Plaza – the street synonymous with the FIFA World Cup 2022™ final celebrations – from 11 March until 21 March 2023. QIFF is Qatar’s largest and longest-running food and drink festival. From fireworks and family-friendly entertainment, to chef masterclasses at the Qatar Airways cooking theatre, the festival offers something for all ages to enjoy. Foodies can choose from 100 vendors offering global cuisines, from local shawarma to Mexican tacos and Liberian rice b...

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For World Cup visitors, a peek into Islamic art, heritage

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December 11, 2022815 Views

An emerald inscribed for a Mughal emperor. A Safavid-period knotted wool carpet. An Ottoman-era curtain, intricately embroidered with metal threads, which was part of the covering of the Kaaba, the cube-shaped structure in Mecca that Muslims consider the metaphorical “house of God.” Like tiles in a mosaic, the collection in Doha’s Museum of Islamic Art, or MIA, provides visitors with a peek into diverse aspects of Muslim heritage, art and craftmanship with items spanning three continents and many centuries. Visitors view an Iranian carpet at the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) In a capital where so much is new, the museum showcases a variety of the old and historic. And with soccer fans from around the world descending on Qa...

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Qatar bustles with traditional and tourist stops

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November 27, 20221112 Views

The winding cobbled alleys of Souq Waqif create a labyrinthine bazaar stuffed with dozens of small stores hawking spices and perfumes, scented oils, silk scarves, shimmering crystal chandeliers and glittering jewelry. The Qatari capital’s oldest souq also features shisha lounges, antique stores, art galleries, restaurants and a stop where shoppers can have a falcon — the national bird of this small Arab country jutting out into the Persian Gulf — sit on their arm. With the city skyline in the background, a traditional dhow boat sails at the corniche in Doha, Qatar, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) Qatar was once a dust-blown pearling port transformed into an ultra-modern hub following its 1990s natural gas boom, when expatriates, Western consultants and engineers,...

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Qatar’s vast wealth helps it host FIFA World Cup

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November 7, 2022649 Views

Qatar is home to some 2.9 million people, but only a small fraction — around one in 10 — are Qatari citizens. They enjoy massive wealth and benefits fueled by Qatar’s shared control of one of the world’s largest reserves of natural gas. The tiny country on the eastern tip of the Arabian Peninsula juts out into the Persian Gulf. There lies the North Field, the world’s largest underwater gas field, which Qatar shares with Iran. The gas field holds approximately 10% of the world’s known natural gas reserves. Oil and gas have made the 50-year-old country fantastically wealthy and influential. In a matter of decades, Qatar’s roughly 300,000 citizens have been pulled from the hard livelihood of fishing and pearl diving. FILE PHOTO: People visit the Mall of Qatar, in Doha, Qatar, on Ma...

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Are fans staying away from Qatar World Cup!

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October 22, 2022244 Views

The Qatar World Cup was always going to be unique in several ways but one aspect FIFA would not have welcomed is that fans the world over are opting not to attend a tournament one supporter group said "doesn't make fans dream". There are many factors involved, which individually might have been minor deterrents but, piled together, have made supporters who routinely follow their teams at huge expense decide to give this one a miss. The shift from its usual summer holiday slot in June/July to the northern hemisphere winter, ending only a week before Christmas, because of high temperatures in the desert state has had a significant impact. Morocco fans at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 countdown clock on the Corniche, Doha, Qatar, October 20, 2022. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed Strict ...

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Flight bookings to Qatar boom for World Cup, especially from Dubai

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October 11, 2022776 Views

Flight bookings to Qatar are booming for the soccer World Cup being held in November and December, with particularly strong demand from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as fans work round a shortage of accommodation in Doha, a study showed on Tuesday. Flight bookings to Qatar from the UAE and nine other countries have risen ten-fold compared with before the pandemic, travel analysis group Forward Keys said. From the UAE, they have rocketed 103 times compared with 2016 - the last year before the UAE joined other Arab countries in a boycott of Qatar that halted direct flights. The boycott ended in early 2021. FILE PHOTO: Passengers wearing protective face masks amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak walk at the Hamad International Airport, Doha, Qatar. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah ...

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Qatar hires 3rd cruise ship as floating hotel for World Cup

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October 10, 2022850 Views

A third cruise ship was hired by World Cup organizers in Qatar on Monday to operate as a soccer fan hotel docked in Doha Port to add much-needed rooms for the tournament. Geneva-based MSC Cruises announced the agreement only six weeks before the World Cup is scheduled to start on Nov. 20. The 1,075-cabin MSC Opera will be available from Nov. 19 to Dec. 19. Prices for the Opera were listed Monday on MSC’s website starting from 470 Swiss francs ($470) per person per night during the group stage, with a minimum two-night stay. Qatar does not have the hotel capacity for all teams, workers, volunteers and fans at the World Cup and is creating camping and cabin sites, hiring cruise ships, and encouraging fans to stay in neighboring countries and fly in for games. MSC previously ...

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Sporting events to boost Middle East tourism up to 30 percent

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October 4, 2022273 Views

Musafir.com, a leading online travel agency headquartered in the UAE, has revealed in its bi-annual travel trend report that sporting events will augment the tourism and hospitality economy up to 30 % in the region. The Middle East is becoming the world's fastest-growing sports tourism destination valued at an estimated USD 600bn, according to the World Trade Organisation. Major events such as FIFA World Cup Qatar, Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, etc. will give Gulf tourism a boost in the last quarter of the year. FILE PHOTO: Flag raising ceremony for the last three teams to qualify for the 2022 World Cup - Doha, Qatar - June 16, 2022 General view during the ceremony REUTERS/Mohammed Dabbous Amongst the GCC countries, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar will see the majority arriv...

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Qatar comes up with a new kite beach resort

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June 15, 20221125 Views

New world-class kite beach in Fuwairit due to open later this year Qatar Tourism becomes an Official Tourism Partner and Qatar Airways becomes the Title Partner and Official Airline Partner of the Kite World Tour through to 2024 Qatar Tourism has become an Official Tourism Partner of the Global Kitesports Association (GKA) Kite World Tour for three years, with a new world-class kite beach resort set to open in the northeast of the country later this year. Qatar Airways also becomes the Kite World Tour’s Title Partner and Official Airline, while Qatar Tourism will become title sponsor for events held in Qatar. The exciting partnership combines the skies and the seas to celebrate one of the fastest growing and most exhilarating new sports. The announcement was made at the si...

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Enjoy ‘The Whale Sharks of Qatar’ at Banana Island

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June 11, 2022984 Views

Anantara partners with Discover Qatar to launch daily explorer’ excursion Banana Island Resort Doha by Anantara has partnered with Discover Qatar to provide a once-in-a-lifetime experience to view one of the largest congregations of whale sharks that can be found on the planet. A dedicated high-speed catamaran takes guests of Discover Qatar and Banana Island on the newly launched, unique, excursion to view the biggest fish in the ocean. From April to September, the cooler waters off the north-east coast of Qatar provide the perfect location to see large numbers of whale sharks that gather to feed close to the surface. Upon arrival in the area where the sharks are found, the slow-moving gentle giants can be viewed for two hours from the front and back deck of the catamaran,...