Published on : Saturday, May 5, 2018
QTA’s Chief Marketing and Promotion Officer Rashed AlQurese said that the decision was taken due to the rapid growth of India’s outbound tourism market in the recent years, coupled with QTA’s intensified efforts to expand and grow visitor numbers.
“The steps taken to make accessing Qatar easier are particularly targeted at visitors seeking to experience our country’s luxury hospitality and unique cultural offerings, all while benefiting from the convenience of relatively short flights,” said AlQurese.
The QTA has about a dozen offices globally including in Moscow, Britain, Ireland, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Turkey, the US, China, Russia, the Gulf Cooperation Council markets and South East Asia.
The UNWTO has estimated that India will account for 50 million outbound tourists by 2020. Similarly, the travel and tourism market in India is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of around 7.23 per cent during the period 2016-2021.
QTA’s office in Mumbai will oversee a wide range of promotional initiatives, including workshops, sales visits, travel agents destination training, partnerships with tour operators, familiarisation trips, media campaigns and other innovative activities to boost Qatar as a leisure and business tourism destination.
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