Qatar to launch mega beach project, rivaling Dubai
by Daily Sabah
May 06, 2014 - 12:00 am GMT+3
by Daily Sabah
May 06, 2014 12:00 am
ISTANBUL — Qatar is spending $64 billion (TL 134.4 million) to beef up its tourism infrastructure by building a kilometers-long beach that will challenge rival Jumeirah Beach Residence (JBR) in Dubai. Issa bin Mohammed al-Mohannadi, Qatar's Tourism Authority chairman spoke about the plan to Arabian Business, a news outlet covering investment and industry across the Middle East. The "mega" mixed-use development would be one of the first along Qatar's miles of beaches as it attempts to harness the tourism potential of its long coastline, al-Mohannadi said. Details are expected to be revealed later this year. "There are plans as part of the [Qatar tourism] strategy to really utilize and make use of the beaches available for us and...we're in the [process] of preparing to launch a number of mega developments that will be announced soon," al-Mohannadi said on the sidelines of the Arabian Hotels Investment Conference (AHIC) in Dubai on Sunday. The plan would incorporate tourist-dedicated facilities and residences, as well as entertainment, restaurants and retail. Al-Mohannadi said beaches were one of Qatar's greatest assets and were a key part of the country's tourism strategy to raise the number of visitors from 1.2 million in 2012 to 7 million by 2030. "Qatar's peninsula has water surrounding it in three directions. We have miles of beaches that many visitors love to visit and enjoy. The sand dunes in the south are one of the rare dunes where the sands touch the water by itself. There is only Qatar and one other country in Latin [America] that has this."
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