Experience Qatar
Explore the natural environment, take an exciting desert safari, relax at the many beaches and pool facilities, or enjoy your favourite sport. Golf courses, billiards and snookers tables, bowling alleys, tennis and squash facilities, ice skating rinks. Whatever your interest, there is something for everyone.
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Gulf Adventures
A tiny peninsula, with a land area of only 11,437 square kilometers, that's
juts into the Arabian Gulf, Qatar is known as the 'Thumb of Arabia'. Only
160 kilometers from its northern tip to its southern border with Saudi Arabia,
it lies roughly halfway up the western shores of the Gulf. Much of Qatar
lies at sea level, though some points in the southwest rise to 50 meters
above sea level. Qatar, surrounded by Sea on all three sides, has strong
historical and cultural ties to the sea.
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Mideast - Qatar
Qatar is a small country that will leave your friends scratching their heads
when you tell them where you are going. Which is one of the most important
reasons to go... Other reasons might include: a friendly culture, an interesting
history, beautiful deserts and beaches, and it's the home of Al-Jazeera.
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Packing - Qatar
Qatar occupies a peninsular and islands that jut out into the Arabian Gulf
off the coast of Saudi Arabia, and until relatively recently, was fairly
unknown to the western world, with an inward looking government more interested
in maintaining tradition in the country than welcoming hordes of tourists.
However, in recent years, having seen the popularity of other gulf destinations
such as Dubai, and obviously the revenue that has been generated, the state
of Qatar has thrown open its doors to the world, and invested heavily in
turning itself into a place that people actively want to travel to, rather
than just somewhere that they pass through.
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Planet - Qatar
It only began issuing tourist visas in 1989, but after a slow start Qatar
has begun to reap the benefits of its new openness. Visitors are welcomed
to a land of glitzy new hotels, towering sand dunes, ancient rock carvings
and distinctive architecture.