Qatar Tourism Authority to launch summer festival after Eid Al Fitr

Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) is preparing to launch the third edition of a month-long Qatar Summer Festival (QSF), three weeks after Eid Al Fitr, reported The Peninsula. The event will be choke filled with attractive offers from hospitality sector institutions.

QSF aims to promote local tourism with a range of attractive packages like special hotel rates, cultural events, shopping promotions and weekly raffles with prizes worth up to QR2m.

“As part of our planning process, we held a virtual forum on social media platforms, inviting tourists and residents to post their thoughts on ways to enhance the festival, said Mashal Shahbik, Director of Festivals and Tourism Events.

“We’re now considering the inputs to incorporate it into festival, to ensure it reflects our target audience’s needs”, he added.

Partnerships from the hospitality sector to provide special packages to visitors this year have doubled compared to previous year, reaching 56 hotel establishments, QTA said in a statement.

Hotels will be offering special packages such as ‘pay for two nights and stay for three’ in hotels, and ‘pay for five nights and stay for six’ in hotel apartments.

Select establishments will provide additional incentives covering a variety of options including free breakfasts, late check-outs, free meals for children when accompanied by their parents (a maximum of three children per family) and free pick up and drop and from Hamad International Airport. These offers are also available to local residents booking during the same period.

QTA has also been busy promoting the festival in a road show across the GCC which attracted over 500 travel trade professionals looking to include Qatar in their summer travel packages.

Held under the theme ‘Colour Your Summer’, QSF offers a variety of colourful experiences including concerts, comedy show, and sports events involving celebrities from across the region.

Visitors and residents can look forward to return of QSF’s Entertainment City, which will feature a range of new and exciting gaming and entertainment options for children and adults, and will be held at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Center for the first time.

Courtesy: thepeninsulaqatar.com