DOHA: Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA), along with the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage, Qatar Museum Authority and Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy 2022 are representing Qatar in the fifth Gulf Heritage Village Festival in Kuwait.
The annual festival in Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Cultural and Heritage Village aims to preserve Gulf heritage through competitions, exhibitions and other activities.
The village over an area of thousands of kilometres, has its own cultural and historical characteristics. It includes museums, competitions, awards, entertainment, traditional bazaars, children’s games, restaurants, cafes, camel riding and old car shows, among others.
An artificial lake highlights Gulf marine heritage.
Heritage competitions involving camels, falcons, horses and goats and archery are held daily on the outskirts of the village.
The village has a pavilion for every GCC member state, including Qatar, to showcase their local arts, heritage, antiquities, handicrafts and folk art.
“QTA is participating as part of its efforts to promote Qatar as a world tourism destination with deep cultural roots.
“QTA believes that heritage plays a key role in preserving national identity by helping improve individuals and the community,” said Rashed Al Qurese, Chief Marketing and Promotions Officer, QTA.
“Through its participation, QTA also seeks to stress the importance of a unified GCC tourism strategy and initiatives to deepen tourism cooperation.”
QTA is promoting Qatar’s tourism sector by opening representative offices in key tourism markets. It recently opened two offices in Jeddah and Riyadh to expand its promotion in the GCC.
QTA statistics show that Qatar’s tourism industry continued to grow last year, benefitting from investments and promotions.
More than 2.8 million people of whom 40 percent from the GCC visited Qatar last year.
Since 2009, the number of international visitors to Qatar has increased by 91 percent, with annual average rise of 13.9 percent. The Peninsula
