Visit Qatar, discover Qatar and Qatar Airways lead joint roadshow in Nigeria to boost leisure tourism to Doha
The initiative brought together 120 key business partners and travel professionals at a major event in Lagos, attended by more than 100 guests, followed by an exclusive Business Networking luncheon in Abuja, which hosted 20 senior tourism stakeholders. These events aim to highlight Qatar's unique tourism potential, enhance opportunities for business-to-business collaboration, and establish Qatar as a preferred leisure tourism destination in the region. Through these activities, Visit Qatar and its partners seek to identify collaborations with partner tour operators and travel companies, promote Qatar's key tourist attractions, hospitality infrastructure, and stopover packages, and connect travel agents from Nigeria with destination management companies, hotels and suppliers in Qatar, paving the way for fruitful future collaboration. By highlighting Qatar's global experiences and accessibility across Qatar Airways' extensive network, the roadshow underscores Qatar's commitment to enhancing the tourism potential of the Nigerian market and strengthening trade ties with the West African region.
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