Organisers target over 40,000 visitors Wednesday, 04 May 2011 06:34

Thousands of visitors thronged the venue of Project Qatar 2011 to witness the wide array of display of services and products displayed by the exhibitors. In all, 1,700 exhibitors from nearly 50 countries are making their presence felt under one roof at the Doha Exhibition Center.

The organisers are expecting more than 40,000 trade visitors to attend the event, making it the largest edition of the show to date. The event ends tomorrow.

Project Qatar 2011 has received the unprecedented backing of the international community with 16 supporting bodies from construction heavyweights with representatives from the UK, France, Korea, Spain and Australia.

Though Qatar was already carrying out infrastructure work before winning the bid to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the intensive building activity that lies ahead over the next decade is set to transform the country.

Qatar witnessed substantial changes during 2010, including winning the bid host the FIFA World Cup in 2022, implementing a green building code, and many other initiatives and projects related to sustainable development and green technologies.

This upsurge in interest has helped the organisers to draw in nine new countries to the event, including Slovakia, Bulgaria, Denmark, Greece, Morocco, Romania, Russia, Tunisia and South Africa, all of are making their debut this year.  

To cope with the growing scale of the event, Michele Gebreal, Project Manager, Project Qatar 2011,  said they would stage two editions of Project Qatar next year.