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recognisable landmarks

Popular sporting eventsin Doha

little known facts about Qatar

uniquely Qatari words

biggest conference centres

thing you can only do in Qatar

See an ‘Inland Sea’ in the Desert

Machbus: Local traditional

Qatari dish

Msheireb Knowledge Enrichment

Centre

Doha Golf Club

Languages:

Arabic,

English

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Qatar National

Convention Centre can cater for

4,000 delegates

Qatar will witness

considerable growthin hotels over thenext decade, withnumbers touching

240 by 2022

Qatar is only 7 hours away fromthe capital cities of

Europe and Asia and13 hours from major

North American destinations

Qatar has ranked in the top 20 safest

countries in the world(Global Peace Index)

for the last two years

In 2013, the Qatar Tourism

Authority announced plans to invest

$20bn in tourism

infrastructure

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Doha restaurants

IDAM restaurant byAlain Ducasseat Museum ofIslamic Art

Qatar National Museum

Sheraton Resort& ConventionHotel

The Tornado

Tower

Museum of Islamic

Art

Hamad International

Airport will openin early 2014 and will host

50 million passengers each year

Outdoor courtyards and indoor atrium at the Museum of Islamic Art

Bedouincampsite

AlShaqab stables

Katara cultural villageThe

Pearl-Qatar

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Eysh Halik:

How are you?

HayakumAllah :

Typical greeting / direct translation:

‘Welcome by God’

AlZubara

(UNESCO

World Heritage

Site)

National carrier

Qatar Airways flies to more than 120 destinations

around the world

Reception anddinner at IDAMRestaurant by

Alain Ducasse atMuseum of Islamic Art

Golf clinic and mini tournament at

Doha Golf Club

Gala dinnerat authentic

Bedouin campsite in the desert

Visit the private

collection andmuseum of theroyal family

Experiencea camel

race

Cruising the Arabian Gulf

on board traditional

wooden boats (dhow)

Dune bashing and

sand boarding at the Inland

Sea DesertDeep-sea fishing

ATP Qatar

ExxonMobilOpen Tennis

Qatar Motor Bike

Grand Prix

(Moto GP)

QatarPowerboatGrand Prix

Qatar Ladies Open Tennis

CommercialBank Qatar

Masters Golf

Average high temperature inJanuary is 22°C

(72°F) while average high in August is 41°C

(106°F)

With no incometax, Qatar, along

with Bahrain, is oneof the countries

with the lowest taxrates in the

world

Highest per-capita income

country in the world

World’s second largest

gas reserves