DOHA: Over 300,000 visitors accessed Hukoomi, Qatar’s official e-government portal, in September making it the highest monthly figure of 2018. More than 1.84 million visitors accessed Hukoomi portal during January-September period of the current year.
The portal witnessed a monthly rise of about 24 percent as 302,721 visitors accessed Hukoomi portal in September this year, compared to 244,730 visitors in August 2018.
Higher number of visitors to the portal resulted in more page views and led to increased traffic. The portal received over 8.98 million page views during January- September period of the current year.
The consistent rise in the visitors and page views reflects that a growing number of people are now using Hukoomi services and that the awareness about the services are increasing among the residents.
The portal includes more than 1,400 services, with more than 650 online services that can be completed online by individuals, visitors, businesses, and government entities.
There were over 1.62 million page views in September, compared to 1.24 million page views in August, showing a healthy rise of around 31 percent. The number of visitors to the portal has grown consistently so far this year. In January this year about 1.2 million visitors accessed the portal while around 94,300 visitors accessed the portal in February. Since then, the monthly visits are in the range of 100,000 to 293,000 visitors.
A total of 135,131 transactions took place through the portal in August, according to the data of Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics. Out of the total transaction in August, around 39,000 were relating to online registration for the Medical Commission while about 52,200 transactions were regarding CPGA income account. Over 32,700 health cards were renewed via Hukoomi during August. Another transactions, during the month, were related to Palm import license, e-payment for tender documents, applying for the approval for dealing with telecommunications equipment and related activities.
In April this year, Hukoomi was ranked first in web accessibility for Assistive Technology Center (Mada) out of 124 entities.
The role of Hukoomi, is to make government information and services more efficient and effective in order to be accessible to all citizens, residents, visitors and businesses. It also aims at raising awareness on the public programmes, events, news and government initiatives, in line with the objectives defined by Qatar e-Government 2020 Strategy.
