Tourism

Qatar is having marked success in broadening the scope of its tourism industry, attracting an increasing number of business visitors along with a rising tide of tourists coming to enjoy the country’s long list of scheduled events.

Efforts to galvanise business tourism by investing in infrastructure look to be paying off for Abu Dhabi, with figures showing that the number of events taking place in the emirate is on the rise.

Si bien se espera que el sitio arqueológico de Machu Picchu se mantenga como la principal atracción turística del Perú, también se están haciendo esfuerzos para incrementar el número de visitantes mediante el desarrollo de otros segmentos nicho, como la gastronomía, la moda y los deportes de aventura.

With a slowdown in Europe and North America, which have provided the mainstay of South Africa’s inbound holidaymakers, the tourism sector is now looking to emerging African markets for new sources of leisure and business travellers.

Recent strong performance of the retail sector looks to indicate that Dubai’s tourism sector could be entering a period of sustained growth, despite the regional impact of the Arab Spring. Traditionally, these two sectors have been closely linked, with millions of tourists coming to the emirate each year to experience what has become known as the “shopping capital of the Middle East”.

As part of a long-term strategy to diversify the economy by capitalising on the emirate’s natural beauty, Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) is moving forward with ambitious plans to rebrand itself as a tourism destination. By 2021, RAK expects around 20% of its GDP will be generated by tourism-related activities.