The Tourism Licensing Department at Qatar Tourism in collaboration with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry announced a joint initiative that facilitates qualitative licensing procedures for tourism establishments and businesses. This includes seasonal discounts, festival-specific discounts, loyalty customer discounts, promotional offers, and special deals. This initiative allows establishments to adhere to all regulations and legal procedures to ensure the safety and smoothness of the licensing issuance process.

This collaborative initiative aims to simplify and expedite ‘Qualitative Licensing Services’ procedures for granting hotel and tourism establishments, to stimulate the tourism sector. MOCI and QT aim to restrict the challenges that entities in the sector face when applying for promotional and price reduction offers licenses, as well as the procedures for festivals, events and exhibition licensing. As part of the collaboration, it was agreed to issue a one -fee annual license that includes all offers and discounts offered by hotels, to be announced through their marketing plans. Visit Qatar, the main arm of Qatar Tourism, announced that it will handle the application process for the ‘single- license’ on behalf of entities and individuals participating in festivals, and events, which will contribute to streamlined procedures and enhanced cooperation between various entities within the sector.

This procedure safeguards businesses, expands industry opportunities, and allows for a more optimal and safe tourism experience for visitors. In addition, there are streamlined and expedited qualitative licensing services which will come into effect this month.

On this occasion, Mr. Hassan Sultan Al-Ghanim, Assistant Undersecretary for Consumer Affairs at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, expressed his delight for launching this initiative in collaboration with Qatar Tourism, stressing that “this was introduced to facilitate the procedures for obtaining specific licenses for tourism and hospitality establishments, where obtaining the license would take one business day, with the prerequisite that all terms and conditions are met and the required documents submitted, this would have a direct positive impact on the entire sector’s value chain. The tourism sector has been identified as one of the key sectors in the country’s economy, which contributes to attracting investments and increasing the revenues.”