Jewellery and Watches Exhibition and Agriteq an agriculture and agrifood fair for example have also grown significantly The IMF forecasts GDP growth of 3 1 per cent for Qatar this year The prospect of the World Cup in Qatar in 2022 and increasing gas production are not the least of the rea sons behind this The contribution of the energy sector to economic growth is expect ed to increase significantly this year ex plains Joncquiert That goes hand in hand with the recovery in oil and gas prices The positive trend is further supported by the 10 billion dollar Barzan gas project This joint venture between Exxon Mobil and Qatar Gas will increase Qatar s total gas production by 20 percent Other sectors characterised by strong growth and increasing investment are transport and logistics education and health care There are many conferences taking place around the world in the education and health care from which Qatar and the DECC also want to benefit In recognition of the in creasing importance of the meeting industry the venue joined the ICCA International Congress and Convention Association at the beginning of the year The decision makers hope to gain from an exchange of informa tion with other industry players and believe it will help them attract further prestigious conferences to Qatar www decc qa PB 56 TradeFairs Internation al 2 2018 INTERNATIONAL The stage is set for the concierges The World Cup in 2022 is not the only up coming global event coming to Qatar The 67th International Congress of Les Clefs d Or an international association of ho tel concierges with 4 000 members from 80 countries is taking place in Doha in 2021 The six day event will attract almost 1 000 delegates to the capital This congress pres ents a great opportunity for us to showcase Qatar s tourism and hospitality assets em phasises Ahmed Al Obaidli director of exhi bitions at the Qatar Tourism Authority With around 40 five star hotels Qatar seems ideal for hosting this particular target group After all hotel concierges work primarily in the luxu ry hotel segment Their role includes identify ing well heeled hotel guests and VIPs and making regular guests out of them In that sense there are certainly parallels with the aims of the tourism industry in Qatar Qatar is hoping that hosting the World Cup in 2022 will raise its international profile The aim is to in crease the number of tourists to seven million annually by 2030 The country s hotels and people will be playing a concierge like role during the World Cup making the best possi ble impression in order to attract discern ing new visitors from abroad The Qatar Na tional Tourism Sector Strategy was formed in 2014 to develop tourism which account ed for 6 7 percent of the country s GDP in 2016 It is now easier for foreigners to enter the country see the adjacent article and festivals have been established with tourism in mind Cruise tourism will soon be bringing in 300 000 visitors each season and media campaigns and nine interna tional representative offices give Qatar a global presence www visitqatar qa Vor dem Hintergrund des immer bedeutsameren Konferenzgeschäfts ist das DECC nun Mitglied im internationalen Kongressverband ICCA In view of its increasingly important meetings business DECC has now become a member of the International Congress and Convention Association ICCA Ph ot o D EC C

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