A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF QATAR'S TOURISM COMPETITIVENESS WITH EGYPT, SAUDI ARABIA, THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES AND TURKEY

Ghialy YAP; Shrabani SAHA; Ali Salman SALEH; Nelson Oly NDUBİSİ; Saif S. ALSOWAİDİ

doi:https://doi.org/10.17261/Pressacademia.2021.1415

Makale detayları

A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF QATAR'S TOURISM COMPETITIVENESS WITH EGYPT, SAUDI ARABIA, THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES AND TURKEY

Yazarlar:

Ghialy YAP | Shrabani SAHA | Ali Salman SALEH | Nelson Oly NDUBİSİ | Saif S. ALSOWAİDİ

Yayıncı:

PressAcademia

Ana Başlıklar:

Yönetim | Genel yönetim

Dergi:

PressAcademia Procedia 2021 Vol.13 Issue 1, pp.17-21

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

7/2021

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000775096

Sıklık:

Üç Yıllık

eISSN:

2459-0762

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17261/Pressacademia.2021.1415

Özet:

 

Purpose- Qatar has placed its tourism sector as a focal sector in its economic diversification strategy. The country aims to develop diverse tourism products, ranging from cultural, urban, and nature tourism to education. Qatar plans to invest $45 billion in the tourism sector to increase international tourist numbers to seven million per annum by 2030 (Gulf Business, 2014). Given these significant tourism investments, it is unquestionable that the country reaps commensurate long-term benefits in terms of the growth of its tourism sector and possible ripple effects in other sectors of the economy. However, Morakabati et al. (2014) argued that the country's success in attracting tourists was limited due to several reasons. First, it lacks an appealing destination image. Second, civil liberty and political stability in the region are not well acknowledged by potential tourists and third, the country lacks strong promotions of religious and cultural traditions. This current research paper intends to conduct a comparative analysis of Qatar's tourism competitiveness with its strong rivals, namely the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Turkey. The paper's main objective is to identify Qatar's strengths and weaknesses relative to the competing destinations based on a SWOT analysis.
Methodology- The study employs the Global Competitiveness Ranking from Euromonitor and various tourism data sources from the World Bank and Google. It conducts a comparative analysis to identify the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) associated with Qatar's tourism to its competing destinations. 
Findings- The analysis reveals that the average daily cost of living in Qatar is USD160, which is considerably high compared to Saudi Arabia (USD31), Egypt (USD28) and Turkey (USD98). Even though Qatar's average daily cost is lower than the United Arab Emirates (USD198), the latter destination offers more variety of tourism products than Qatar. Furthermore, the competing nations have invested more resources in tourism development than Qatar. For instance, Qatar's capital investment in travel and tourism services in 2019 was the lowest (USD2.05billion), compared to the United Arab Emirates (USD8.2billion), Saudi Arabia (USD26.87billion), Turkey (USD21.31billion) and Egypt (USD16.2billion). Qatar performed the best in health and financial system among its competitors in terms of global competitiveness ranking.
Conclusion- Based upon the analysis, it can be concluded that Qatar has lost its price competitiveness to its neighboring countries. Therefore, the Qatari government should focus on creating opportunities for those who can afford to buy a property and live in Qatar as second-home residents.

Makale detayları

A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF QATAR'S TOURISM COMPETITIVENESS WITH EGYPT, SAUDI ARABIA, THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES AND TURKEY

Yazarlar: Ghialy YAP | Shrabani SAHA | Ali Salman SALEH | Nelson Oly NDUBİSİ | Saif S. ALSOWAİDİ

Yayıncı: PressAcademia

Ana Başlıklar: Yönetim | Genel yönetim

Dergi: PressAcademia Procedia 2021 Vol.13 Issue 1, pp.17-21

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 7/2021

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000775096

Sıklık: Üç Yıllık

eISSN: 2459-0762

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17261/Pressacademia.2021.1415

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Ghialy YAP | Shrabani SAHA | Ali Salman SALEH | Nelson Oly NDUBİSİ | Saif S. ALSOWAİDİ

Yayıncı:

PressAcademia

Ana Başlıklar:

Yönetim | Genel yönetim

Dergi:

PressAcademia Procedia 2021 Vol.13 Issue 1, pp.17-21

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

7/2021

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000775096

Sıklık:

Üç Yıllık

eISSN:

2459-0762

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17261/Pressacademia.2021.1415