With a new supreme tourism council, at the ministerial level, in charge, the young executive said that Qatar Airways will do a lot of business as the country will be heavily promoted as a tourist destination. That and the fact that Qatar's population is expected to double in the coming six years while maintaining one of the world's highest economic growth rates. Qatar Airways has already been handed the operation and management of the airport. Ibrahim Abu Qamar, managing director of the owning company of the InterContinental hotel and resort, said Qatar has a lot to offer to tourists who know what they want. He added that many European tourists, especially Germans, have already discovered Qatar and are coming in droves.
Tourism is the harbinger of good relations among Arab countries.
Tourism can mend the damage that politics sometimes brings into inter-Arab relations. He said that a planned GCC unified visa and an easier process for issuing tourist visas to Arab nationals will give a much-needed boost to the budding tourism sector in Qatar. Qatar National Hotels Co. Petra Travel and Tourism Co Managing Partner Wael Kawar said Jordan and Qatar can do a lot in the area of tourism. More than 30,000 Qataris visited Jordan last year, according to official figures. Qatar, according to Kawar, can offer a lot of value to Jordanian tourists and foreigners residing in Qatar.