To never want to visit Qatar?

Exactly. People forget that some are targeted more than others.

I don’t know the stats on this but anecdotally it would seem a disproportionate amount of non-white westerners bear the brunt of their inconsistent corrupt justice system.

And if you’re non-white/non-Arab AND you don’t have a western passport - that of course puts you into an even more vulnerable position.

Apparently Pakistanis are treated particularly bad there. I was actually slightly surprised to hear that as I’d have expected some religious solidarity.

Nice PR- bullshit though. As most PR is…

I was asked to go for work, all expenses paid, 5 star all the way- and said absolutely NOT in a million years. White, straight, male boss seemed surprised that a gay, not so white, woman thought it would t be the best place to go…

I used to work for the Qatar state. I was treated no different to any man I worked alongside.

By all means don’t visit a country you have no interest in but if you live in the UK, don’t boycott going to the country or flying their airline because you don’t want to financially support them. That is futile. You already do financially support them. It is virtually impossible to live in the UK and not touch Qatari investments.

Qatar is one of the largest investors in the UK. They are invested in almost every aspect of the UK.

They own Canary Warf, the UK’s banking and investment district as well as practically half of London. They are significant investors in Heathrow, British Airways, Rolls Royce, and countless other companies. Qatar provides 9% of our energy.

In 2022, Qatar’s investments in the UK were in the region of £40 billion.

Fly through Dubail regularly, which is enough, I'd never holiday there, or Qatar

Same ive zero desire to visit any mulism/Arab country.

Oh hello! The Qatari consulate has shown up. Welcome to MN.

Agree and feel the same about Dubai.
All the sheep like wannabes following so called influencers etc. Stupid women without a clue or worse no interest in the misogynistic regimes they are supporting with their tourism.

For a start, you can avoid Qatar AND extreme Christian places.
But the two are not comparable in any case. You cannot in all seriousness describe routine human rights abuses and the application of Sharia law as 'weird exceptions'. They are the normal state of affairs in Qatar and minimising them is another way of condoning them.

If I don't like carrot cake, it doesn't matter if chocolate is now added, or even used to coat it. My reasons still exist.

I use this example to show how some posters want to deny those who have reasons to not visit Qater. It's along the lines of, "well I didn't see it and I felt safe, so you should".

As well as that, we're now getting posters telling people that coconut cake is worse. We were discussing carrot cake!

I know this happens a lot. I'm happy to hear different experiences, but the tone of, 'I'm right, you're wrong' is very patronising.

Although I bet half of you buy crap made in China

Well quite, and it'll be more than half. People are very good at moral outrage and saying they'd never do something they had no intention of doing anyway but ask them to actually do something that would cost them money or inconvenience them and.....

Aren't you supporting the country, its values and its economy by using their national airline?

Or Thailand, where human rights are contentious and it seems really easy for paedophiles to visit to have sex with children?

You won't come across many trans people there as it's illegal to be trans - in this article, a trans woman on oestrogen was forced to remove her breast tissue.

World Cup 2022: 'I am very afraid', says Qatari transgender woman - BBC News

I lived and worked out there for 3 years. Had DD there.

Very bizarre place but mostly tolerant as long as you aren't from Asia basically. The treatment of some of the physical labourers and housemaids could be pretty bad.

It was a weird experience and wouldn't go back there or visit Dubai, Bahrain etc again. I was working so probably had more legal rights than if I wasn't. I had a work permit and could get my own apartment etc when I split with my ex out there, but couldn't leave the country with my Dd without him signing the document.

Although I bet half of you buy crap made in China.

Back in the sixties, the hippies hit the Afghan trail. They went there for the dope.

tellmewhenthespaceshiplandscoz

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv223yvnp9mo

It's the ads that enable everyone to use this site for free, remember? As for the comment about China, they have their own internal homegrown mass tourism industry of Chinese people. They couldn't care less if Europeans and Americans stay away. I've been three times now and each time they make things more difficult with their visa requirements. I'd recommend Taiwan instead. I certainly have no interest in Dubai, Qatar etc. Far more interesting ME countries to visit.

I think it's moved to ethical travel. Which I find quite a complicated subject and not as easy as people claim it is.

I would not go for many reasons, human rights, environment and modern slavery to name a few.

Historically it's a lot more complicated. Qatar is a very young country having been part of the Ottoman Empire (1550's onwards) and later under a British directorate (1916) before becoming a independent country in the 1970's. And that's before anyone looks into the tribal history of the native population. It's fascinating and can give an understanding to the why of the current situation in the ME.

Sorry for location typo

Probably because it's a thread about Quatar.

I'd join in discussion on those other places and certainly on your last point, I have done enthusiastically in the past.

Crikey do you have a link for this?

Why isnt the US being singled out as a country not to visit with its shocking prevalence of women dying in childbirth or being forced to give birth in red states?

I'm sorry it was a number of years ago I don't recall the name of it.
I do remember it was similar to gumtree advertising services and with a bit of shady wording the advertiser's were able to get round certain laws .The journalist with a bit of digging was able to set up meetings and it becomes clear that the women were changing hands for money.