AMIDST A NATIONAL TOURISM STRATEGY (NTS) AIMING TO DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS BY 2020, OMAN CONTINUES TO DIVERSIFY ITS OFFERING SHOWCASING ITS UNIQUE CULTURAL HERITAGE AND DIVERSE SHOPPING OPPORTUNITIES.

DUBAI'S TOURISM VISION FOR 2020 AIMS TO FURTHER LEVERAGE THE SECTOR BY BROADENING THE EMIRATE'S OFFERING ACROSS EVENTS, ATTRACTIONS, INFASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES WHILE ALSO INCREASING THE NUMBER OF REPEAT VISITS.

However, in his study The Future of Airline Distribution, 2016 – 2021, Henry H. Harteveldt, Atmosphere Research Group, warned that the five year span between 2016 and 2021 will witness a steady effort by airlines to take back control of their distribution destinies.

TECHNOLOGY IS PAVING THE WAY TO THE FUTURE AND EVEN MORE NOW, WHEN IT COMES TO THE TRAVEL AND TOURISM INDUSTRY, IT IS UP TO EVER-EVOLVING GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS (GDS) TO RISE TO THE CHALLENGE.

In an effort to make Bahrain stand out as a destination that meets the needs of both business and leisure travellers, BTEA evaluated that approximately USD10 billion has been invested in development projects in 2017, while it has infrastructure projects worth over USD32 billion in the pipeline either under construction or scheduled for the near future.

BEING AN IDEAL DESTINATION FOR LEISURE TRAVEL, BAHRAIN IS VISITED BY MILLIONS EVERY YEAR.

Considering the idea of Qatar attributing a plethora of amenities, business travellers are also magnetised to the country due to the balance between business and pleasure.

Conveying the term globalisation, one of Qatar's main tourism attributes involves the MICE segment where visitors use the country's facilities to organise international events.

BOASTING AN IDEAL ALL-INCLUSIVE PORTFOLIO OF BUSINESS AND LEISURE, QATAR HAS BECOME A REGIONAL HUB FOR CONFERENCES AND EXHIBITIONS.

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