SEOUL (October 11, 2010) – Qatar Tourism Authority (QTA) kicked off its two-week Asian Roadshow in Seoul this evening at the Lotte Hotel. QTA and leading members of the tourism industry in Qatar met with more than 65 travel trade professionals in Seoul to boost awareness of Qatar’s tourism offerings as a destination for MICE travel (meetings, incentive, convention, exhibition), sport, culture and upscale leisure tourism.

Qatar Tourism Authority has been given the mandate by the Qatari government to organize, enable and supervise the tourism industry in Qatar. Under this mandate, QTA promotes Qatar as an upscale destination at international travel shows targeting the lucrative meetings, exhibitions, incentives and luxury travel industries.

 

Mr. Ahmed Al Nuaimi, Chairman of QTA said: “As a complement to our participation at international travel exhibitions, Qatar Tourism Authority has organized this roadshow throughout Asia to deepen our ties and to build new relationships with the tourism and travel professionals in Seoul and the other major cities on the tour. Through this roadshow we aim to build networks facilitating future business between the State of Qatar and the Republic of Korea.”

“Our countries are strong trade partners in energy, industry and construction and there is a promising future for bilateral trade in other industries such as power, water and electronics. Some examples of our partnerships: we have engaged in cooperation related to technical capacity in Information and Communication Technologies as part of the 2007 MOU between our two nations. RasGas, Qatar’s second largest liquefied natural gas producer, recently opened an office in Seoul. Earlier this year, Qatar Airways launched a direct flight between Doha and Incheon. Not only do we share business partnerships, we share some similarities: but both of our countries are rich cultural heritage and tradition yet embrace innovation and modernity; and we also share the same passion for sports. It is based on these similarities and partnerships that we hope to increase our cooperation in tourism.”