Qatar waives visas for 80 nationalities amid Gulf boycott

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http://l.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/YHO3plUh85UMuV8sZNBHag--/YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b247aD04Njt3PTEzMDs-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2017-08-09T135614Z_1_LYNXMPED7814K_RTROPTP_2_GULF-QATAR-BANKS.JPG (https://www.yahoo.com/news/qatar-waives-visas-80-nationalities-amid-gulf-boycott-135614467--sow.html)Qatar announced on Wednesday a program to allow visa-free entry for citizens of 80 countries to encourage air transport and tourism amid a two-month boycott imposed on the Gulf state by its neighbors. "The visa exemption scheme will make Qatar the most open country in the region," Hassan al-Ibrahim, Chief Tourism Development officer at Qatar Tourism Authority told reporters at a press conference in Doha. Oil giant Saudi Arabia along with Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates imposed a boycott on Qatar on June 5 and cut off all transport links with the country after accusing it of supporting terrorism and of close ties to Iran.



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