Qatar’s stopover programme wins thousands of visitors
Qatar’s stopover initiative, encouraging transiting travellers to stay a minimum of 24 hours, has welcomed more than 10,500 stopover visitors in January.
Visitors who availed the stopover programme in January rose nearly 58% on the same month last year. Travellers opting for the stopover more than doubled between April 2024 and January 2025, rising 165% annually.
The Discover Qatar Stopover programme, relaunched in August 2021, drove growth in hotel bookings, too, with over 100,000 room nights sold this year, doubling from the previous year. Discover Qatar is the destination management arm of Qatar Airways Group.
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