Cruise sector to propel Qatar’s tourism growth – The Peninsula

Cruise sector to propel Qatar’s tourism growth – The Peninsula

Doha: Qatar Tourism (QT) sees the recovery of the tourism sector, with a strong performance on the cruise tourism, said a key official.

“Cruise has helped us a lot, the cruise season (December to June) is ramping up,” said QT Chief Operating Officer, Berthold Trenkel on the sidelines of the Qatar Creates press launch on Monday at M7 in Musheireb Downtown Doha. The cruise season returned on the start of 2021/22, and during the first half of it, almost 58,000 passengers and crews were welcomed.

At mid-season, 18 cruise ships had docked at Doha Port with 12 additional cruise calls by the end of the season. Moreover, QT said earlier that the top nationalities to arrive at Doha Port are from Belgium, Brazil, France, India, Italy, Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom. GCC visitors have also grown and is expected to further increase by next year via QT partnership with Emerald Cruises.

Trenkel said that tourists coming in during summer is relatively lower compared to winter, with this, he stressed that Qatar Tourism has special programmes to promote and push the said sector during the summer time. Currently, tourists from neighbouring GCC countries such as Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait visit the country during