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- <text id=93CT1833>
- <title>
- Qatar--Travel
- </title>
- <history>
- Compact ALMANAC--CIA Factbook
- Southwest Asia
- Qatar
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>CIA World Factbook</source>
- <hdr>
- Travel
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p> Climate and Clothing: May through mid-October is extremely
- hot in Qatar, and lightweight attire is recommended. From mid-
- October through April, temperatures range from 7 degrees C to 27
- degrees C (45 degrees F-80 degrees F); spring and fall clothing
- is most comfortable. Traditional attitudes toward dress prevail,
- and although Western styles are perfectly acceptable, one should
- dress conservatively in public.
- </p>
- <p> Visas: Valid visas are required to enter Qatar. Generally,
- travelers are required to show evidence that a Qatari citizen
- will sponsor them during their stay in Qatar.
- </p>
- <p> Health: Visitors to Qatar do not need cholera shots.
- </p>
- <p> Telecommunications: Allow 2 weeks for airmail delivery
- between the US and Qatar. Cable and telex lines to leading
- hotels and places of business are good. Telephone connections
- are excellent. Intercontinental calls are received by a US
- satellite land station near Doha. Qatar is eight time zones
- ahead of eastern standard time.
- </p>
- <p> Transportation: Daily flights connect Doha to Bahrain, the
- United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia. Direct flights to Europe
- also are available daily.
- </p>
- <p> Tourist Attractions: The Qatar National Museum has an award-
- winning display of traditional Bedouin life, combining rare film
- clips of everyday activities (tea ceremony, packing a camel)
- with standard still-life exhibits in a building of classical
- Arabian architecture. The museum also houses the National
- Aquarium, containing indigenous sea life and samples of the
- traditional sea-going vessel, the dhow.
- </p>
- <p>Source: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs,
- November 1987.
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
- </text>
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