Qatar, on the west coast of the Arabian Gulf, has managed to keep its case numbers low and remain open despite the recent surge
without flashing my app screen. I couldn't have enjoyed a Turkish coffee in Souq Waqif, the marketplace near my apartment, if I had wanted to sit inside .... [+]I've had numerous conversations with people in Doha during the last few days about the precautions they're taking. Overall, there's a feeling that the Green List/Red List restrictions, the testing requirements, the temperature checks and the contact tracing app are necessary steps to ensure the safety of the population.
The real test will come if omicron gets loose as it has elsewhere. Qatar successfully quarantined the first four cases, but there will be other incursions, and omicron spreads quickly. Too quickly for the surveillance and testing apparatus set up by authorities? That's impossible to know.... [+]How is the tourism industry responding to Qatar's omicron measures?
And that's a shame. The weather in Qatar is as close to perfect as it gets at the moment — warm, sunny days and low humidity. This place should be filled with visitors, but it isn't. Doha has a glut of new hotel rooms thanks to rampant construction in the last two decades. More hotels are opening soon, adding a sense of urgency that the tall hurdles to entry need to be lowered.
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