ATM 2024 a platform to deliberate regional, global tourism industry challenges - Visit Qatar CEO

CEO of Visit Qatar, Eng. Abdulaziz Ali Al Mawlawi, hailed the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2024 as a key platform for tourism experts from around the world to meet, exchange opinions on proposed solutions to meet the global and regional challenges and learn about the latest trends of the tourism industry.

Speaking to Qatar News Agency (QNA), Al Mawlawi said that Visit Qatar's participation in tourism events and exhibitions, such as the ATM 2024, is an opportunity to highlight and promote Qatar's tourist destinations and a platform to set up partnerships and tourism investments.

ATM 2024 kicked off in Dubai, UAE on May 6 and runs through May 9.

Commenting on Visit Qatar's strategies to further attract tourists, he highlighted plans that target visitors from 15 tourism export markets around the world, with a focus on Qatar's six key tourism areas including natural beauty, tourist attractions, and attractive promotions.

Al Mawlawi also highlighted plans to ink partnerships with tour operators and travel agents, launch charter flights in untapped markets and establish representative offices, and achieve GCC tourism integration by working to launch the unified GCC visa. Qatar Tourism, in cooperation with the Saudi Tourism Authority, recently launched the Double The Discovery campaign, carefully curated packages to spotlight both Qatar and Saudi Arabias touristic landscapes.

He hailed successful partnerships between all government or private agencies, citizens and residents as key contributors to defining and achieving common goals.

He added that the Qatar calendar 2024 offers about 80 diverse entertainment, sports, cultural, exhibitions and conferences that meet the aspirations of visitors of all cultures and ages, highlighting Visit Qatar's participation at the ITB China, a leading B2B-Exclusive trade show due to be held by the end of this May.

Qatar Tourism plans to attract six million visitors by 2030, a move expected to rise its contribution to the domestic product by 12 percent in a bid to achieve Qatar's economic diversification and sustainable development.