Doha: Discussions are ongoing between the Expo 2023 Doha Committee, the Ministry of Interior (MOI) and Qatar Airways to allow passengers transiting through Hamad International Airport (HIA) to visit the expo that will run from October 2023 to March 2024.
Expo 2023 Doha Secretary General, Muhammad Al Khouri said that they are in talks with MOI so transit travellers can visit the expo. “We are working out with the Ministry of Interior and Qatar Airways so there could be tourism promotion for the expo.”
“Instead of spending seven to eight hours at the airport, they can visit the expo. This comes within the efforts to promote the country’s tourism and the event’s global promotion. We will take advantage of our partners including Qatar Airways which flies to over 160 destinations,” Al Khouri told reporters on the sidelines of a press conference recently.
Al Bidda Park will host the six-month-long event from October 2 to March 28, 2024. Almost three million visitors are projected to visit the expo.
Currently, transiting passengers have several options of transit tours. Passengers with transit times of eight hours or more can take advantage of two exciting transit tours: Discover Doha, a three-hour coach city tour that takes the traveller around Doha, allowing to explore the Corniche, the Museum of Islamic Art, Dhow Harbor, Katara Cultural Village, and Souq Waqif; and Discover the Desert and Inland Sea, a four-hour private tour that offers the chance to visit one of only three places in the world where the Arabian desert meets the azure sea at Khor Al Adaid.
For transit times of four hours or more, HIA is offering three exclusive transit tours: Discover the Art of the Airport, Discover Squash at the Airport, and Discover Golf Simulator at the Airport.
Discover Qatar, the destination management division of Qatar Airways, will be in charge of all transit arrangements.
