Qatar's tourism development strategy and policy challenges

Tourist Development

Strategy And Policy

IN QATAR

Qatar (pronounced CUT-er) leads the current "charge" by of gulf nations "into the roughly half-trillion-dollar global travel market." (Sherwood, 2006) Qatar, according to Dew, Shoult, and Wallace, (2002, p, 28) specifically intends to transform itself into a popular tourist destination.

Along with aiming to further its economic goals, Qatar, regularly transforms, articulates, contests and communicates positive strategies and policies in tourism, amidst; despite the ever looming shadow of terrorism.

Terrorism in Qatar?

Tourism in Qatar?

Where in the world is Qatar?

What in the world could a tourist do there?

Where in the world of tourism does Qatar "fit"? These leading questions, along with the following three research questions, are explored during the course of the development of this thesis, which along with addressing contemporary, challenging concerns regarding Qatar's quest for a prominent, progressive place in tourism, this makes a point to make its place in the plethora of other available research relating to tourism.

What challenges confront tourist destinations?

Does Qatar currently posses potential to compete for the tourist "trade"?