Tourists to soon rent residential houses for accommodation

Doha: Ever wondered what it feels like to live in a Qatari house? Tourists coming to Qatar especially during the World Cup next year may take a step closer to immersing themselves in the local culture. 

According to the Assistant Undersecretary for Municipal Affairs at the Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) Mansour Abdullah Al Mahmoud, discussions are currently ongoing between the Qatar Tourism and MME to include Qatari houses as additional option for holiday accommodation for the tourists. 

Speaking to The Peninsula on the sidelines of the Build Your House 2021 exhibition which concluded at the Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC) yesterday, Al Mahmoud said: “The Qatar Tourism is making a new regulation to let the (Qatari) people rent their houses to tourists on short-term basis. There are current discussions between the Ministry of Municipality and Environment and the Qatar Tourism to make a regulation regarding this. Tourist s also come for investments. And I think there will be (Qatari) people who will be willing to rent their houses for the upcoming World Cup”.