Qatar Strengthens Ties With India At OTM 2026

Driving Longer Stays And Premium Travel From India

Visit Qatar concluded its participation at OTM Mumbai 2026 by strengthening partnerships and reaffirming its focus on the Indian market. The delegation signed three strategic Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with leading travel organisations including the Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI), the Outbound Tour Operators Association of India (OTOAI) and ClearTrip. 

These agreements aim to enhance destination education, increase product visibility, and support joint marketing efforts, enabling Indian travel partners to better promote Qatar across leisure, weddings, MICE, and premium travel segments. The initiative forms part of Visit Qatar’s broader strategy to encourage longer stays, repeat visits, and sustained collaboration within key travel sectors. 

Jassim Al Mahmoud, PR and Communications Director, Visit Qatar said, “At OTM, we signed MoUs with leading Indian travel associations and platforms to support destination training and joint marketing in a market that generated 10.8 million room nights and QAR 8.3 billion in accommodation revenue in 2025. India is a priority source market for us, with direct connectivity from over 13 Indian cities and clear momentum toward longer stays, repeat visits and celebration travel. Our focus is on enabling the trade to convert stopovers into multi-night itineraries and position Qatar confidently for leisure, MICE and destination weddings.”

India remains one of Qatar’s most dependable source markets, supported by extensive air connectivity and growing demand for short breaks, destination celebrations and family travel. 

The Visit Qatar pavilion at the OTM featured 14 partners, including leading hotels and destination management companies from Qatar, alongside strategic partner Qatar Airways. This unified industry presence enabled Indian trade partners to explore itinerary planning that combines air access, accommodation and curated on-ground experiences into cohesive travel packages.

A key focus of Visit Qatar’s engagement at OTM was showcasing Qatar’s year-round calendar of global events, cultural festivals and sporting fixtures, allowing Indian travel partners to build itineraries around specific travel motivations such as weddings, exhibitions, incentive travel and seasonal family experiences. By anchoring travel planning to events and experiences rather than fixed durations, Qatar offers the trade greater flexibility to design themed, multi-visit itineraries across the year.

OTM Mumbai also served as a platform for structured, high-quality meetings with top-tier tour operators, MICE specialists and leading travel platforms, with discussions centred on itinerary flexibility, group travel requirements, destination weddings and incentive travel. These engagements focused on enabling the trade to confidently sell Qatar for multi-night stays, supported by the destination’s compact geography, advanced infrastructure and service standards.

Building on its established success as a leading stopover destination for Indian travellers, Visit Qatar is now working closely with the trade to extend stopover itineraries into longer stays that incorporate culture, events and leisure experiences. In parallel, Qatar continues to strengthen its positioning as a destination wedding hub, offering Indian couples a compelling mix of luxury venues, diverse settings, ease of access and high-quality hospitality, supported by experienced local partners and tailored wedding services.