World Cup a golden opportunity for Qatar’s tourism sector
05 May 2021 - 9:52
By Ayeni Olusegun | The Peninsula
Doha: Qatar’s preparations leading up to hosting the FIFA World Cup 2022, the first in the Arab World and the Middle East, are increasingly opening business opportunities across sectors, including tourism and tourism technology.
Nada Farouk, the founder of Turismo, a tourism technology platform in Qatar, believes the World Cup is a golden opportunity for Qatar and the region.
“The World Cup is a golden opportunity to be exploited. If we as a tourism tech, tourism companies, and even the government through Qatar National Tourism Council (QNTC) collaborates to take advantage of the opportunity, it would be a turning point in Qatar’s history,” she told