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We use cookies to improve your experience, to remember your preferences and to show you offers based on your interests as detailed in our Cookie policy.

1. Our cookie policy

1.1 This is the cookie policy of QATAR TOURISM ("we", or "us") with its registered offices at P.O. Box 24624, Al Jasra Tower, Lusail, Doha, State of Qatar, organized and existing under the applicable laws of the State of Qatar. By using our websites, www.visitqatar.com, or www.qatartourism.com, (our “websites”) and mobile applications (including our iPhone and Android apps) (our “Mobile Apps”), you have accepted our use of first and third party cookies, IP addresses, web beacons, tracking tools and our use of other methods to collect website usage data as detailed in this Policy ("Cookie Policy"). Please read this Cookie Policy together with the terms and conditions posted elsewhere on our websites, including our Privacy Notice and our website terms and conditions.

1.2 Subject to applicable laws, the English version of this Cookie Policy will prevail over any version of this Cookie Policy in another language. In the event of any inconsistency in interpretation between the English version and any translation of the Cookie Policy, this Cookie Policy statement in English will prevail.

2. What are cookies and what do they do?

Cookies are small files that are stored on your browser or device by websites that "remember" that your computer or device has accessed a website. We use cookies to deliver to you a more user-friendly service by making it easier and faster for you to use our Websites or Mobile Apps. Cookies help us understand whether you came to our website via a search engine, or by some other method, and what were the most popular elements of our Websites or Mobile Apps. Cookies do not give us access to any other personal information on your computer or device other than the personal information you choose to share with us. Irrespective of saved cookies, for security reasons you must still log in each time you access areas of our site that require registration.

3. What kind of cookies are used on the website?

We use four types of cookies which are a mixture of first party cookies, which we set ourselves, and third-party cookies, which are set by our third party service providers. We use i) strictly necessary cookies ii) performance cookies iii) functionality cookies and iv) marketing cookies as detailed below:

  • Strictly necessary cookies:

Strictly necessary cookies are used to allow your request to access our Website and Mobile Apps, to move between pages and to receive services which you have requested. Strictly necessary cookies cannot be turned off via our website or Mobile App preferences. If you choose to disable them from your browser, this may prevent you from using certain parts of our Website and Mobile Apps. Without these cookies, you will be unable to access basic functions of our Website and Mobile Apps

  • Performance cookies:

Performance cookies collect anonymous information about how you use our Website and Mobile Apps and help us improve the way our Website and Mobile Apps work such as which pages you visit most often and whether or not you experience any technical errors. Performance cookies cannot be turned off via our Website or Mobile App. These cookies do not contain any information that could identify you.

  • Functionality cookies:

Functionality cookies allow the website to recognise choices you make when you return to our Website and Mobile Apps such as your country or language or whether or not we have asked you to complete a survey and provide enhanced, more personal features.

  • Marketing cookies:

Marketing cookies deliver adverts more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaigns. They are usually placed by our advertising networks with our permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organizations such as other third-party marketing partners and vendors. Quite often targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organizations. The communication you may receive based on this can be informational, or commercial with messages being served in, but not limited to, search ads, display ads, banners, e-newsletters, emails, social media ads, and other electronic messaging, including on our website itself.
 

If you do not wish to be served with targeted advertising, you may opt out of our marketing cookie use by following the instructions below in Clause 4.

4. What kind of cookies are used on the website?

Most web browsers automatically accept cookies but you can configure your Internet browser to accept or reject cookies, or to notify you when a cookie is set (check the "Help" menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie settings).

Disabling cookies should not prevent you from using our Website or Mobile Apps, but certain features or functions of our Website and Mobile Apps may not be available to you if you disable or restrict the use of cookies.

Our Strictly Necessary and Performance cookies cannot be turned off. However, Functionality or Marketing cookies can be turned on or off by changing your cookie settings on our Website or Mobile Apps. If you require more information or help to change your cookie preferences in your browser, please refer to the documentation of your device or browser that you are using to access the internet.

How can I change my cookie settings on the website?

You can turn Functional and Marketing cookies on or off right via the cookie settings page. Strictly Necessary and Performance cookies cannot be turned off as the website requires these to function correctly. Please find the cookie settings page via the link: Cookie Settings

5. Where can I learn more about cookies?

For further information about cookies, please see www.allaboutcookies.org

Session / temporary - These cookies are deleted from your device after you leave the Website.

Permanent / persistent - These cookies are not deleted from your device after you leave the Website. They remain on your device for a longer period of time.

First-party cookies – These cookies are set by the web server of the visited page and share the same domain.

Third-party cookies – These cookies are stored by a different domain to the visited page's domain. This can happen when the webpage references a file located outside its domain. The table below summarizes the different types of first party cookies we use on the Websites, together with their respective purpose and duration (i.e. how long each cookie will remain on your device). There are two different types of lifespans in cookies. 

  • Permanent cookies: these are cookies which stay (persist) on your device until they are erased or expire even when your browsing session has terminated. 
  • Session cookies: These are the type of cookies that don't save data neither on your device neither send data from your device. the cookies and data are deleted when your browsing session is over or expires.

Cookie Name

Purpose

Category

Expiration (Duration)

Cookie provider & type

Cookie Name

OptanonAlertBoxClosed

Purpose

This cookie is used to determine whether a visitor should be shown the consent banner. It is persistent and has a default lifespan of 1 year

Category

Strictly necessary

Expiration (Duration)

1 year

Cookie provider & type

OneTrust 
First party data

Cookie Name

_ga_*

Purpose

This cookie is used to store and count pageviews

Category

Marketing

Expiration (Duration)

2 years

Cookie provider & type

Google 
First party data

Cookie Name

_vis_opt_test_cookie

Purpose

This cookie used by Visual Web Optimizer to read if cookies can be placed

Category

Performance

Expiration (Duration)

Session

Cookie provider & type

Visual Web Optimizer 
First party data

Cookie Name

_vwo_referrer

Purpose

This cookie stores referral info allowing VWO to identify the original Traffic source in case of the Split URL campaign

Category

Performance

Expiration (Duration)

Session

Cookie provider & type

Visual Web Optimizer 
First party data

Cookie Name

_ga_sandbox_UA_account_gid

Purpose

This cookie is used to store and count pageviews

Category

Marketing

Expiration (Duration)

2 years

Cookie provider & type

Google 
First party data

Cookie Name

demdex

Purpose

This cookie is placed by Adobe to provide functions across pages

Category

Marketing

Expiration (Duration)

6 months

Cookie provider & type

Adobe 
First party data

Cookie Name

gpv_pn

Purpose

This cookie is placed by Adobe that captures the values ​​of the pages visited.

Category

Strictly Necessary

Expiration (Duration)

Session

Cookie provider & type

Adobe 
First party data

Cookie Name

x-ms-cpim-csrf

Purpose

This cookie is set by Microsoft for security purposes

Category

Strictly Necessary

Expiration (Duration)

Session

Cookie provider & type

Microsoft Azure 
First party data

Cookie Name

jcoPageCount

Purpose

This cookie is used for page counts

Category

Strictly Necessary

Expiration (Duration)

Session

Cookie provider & type

Analytics 
First party data

Cookie Name

tableau_public_negotiated_locale

Purpose

This cookie is used for the language setting on the website. 

Category

Strictly Necessary

Expiration (Duration)

Session

Cookie provider & type

Tableau 
Third party data

Cookie Name

lux_uid

Purpose

This cookie is used measure website performance

Category

Performance 

Expiration (Duration)

Session

Cookie provider & type

Speedcurve 
First party data

Cookie Name

_vwo_uuid

Purpose

This cookie generates a unique id for every visitor

Category

Performance

Expiration (Duration)

Permanent

Cookie provider & type

Visual Web Optimizer 
First party data

Cookie Name

tableau_locale

Purpose

This cookie is set helps the system identify the language the user wishes to view the page in

Category

Strictly Necessary

Expiration (Duration)

Session

Cookie provider & type

Tableau 
Third party data

Cookie Name

affinity

Purpose

Cookie for load balancing of our website that ensures, during any browsing session, the visitor's page requests are forwarded to the same server

Category

Strictly Necessary 

Expiration (Duration)

Session

Cookie provider & type

Microsoft Azure 
First party data

Cookie Name

personalization_id

Purpose

This cookie is set by Twitter for advertising and to identify and track the website visitor.

Category

Marketing

Expiration (Duration)

Session

Cookie provider & type

Twitter 
Third party data

Cookie Name

_vwo_sn

Purpose

This cookie stores session-level information

Category

Performance

Expiration (Duration)

Session

Cookie provider & type

Visual Web Optimizer 
First party data

Cookie Name

x-ms-cpim-trans

Purpose

login.microsoftonline.com Azure Active Directory B2C authentication-related cookie

Category

Strictly Necessary

Expiration (Duration)

Session

Cookie provider & type

Microsoft Azure 
First party data

Cookie Name

mbox

Purpose

Used to enable testing optimisation and personalisation to improve our user experience.

Category

Functional

Expiration (Duration)

Permanent

Cookie provider & type

Adobe 
First party data

Cookie Name

s_ips

Purpose

Tracks percent of page viewed (cookie from Adobe) 

Category

Functional

Expiration (Duration)

Session

Cookie provider & type

Analytics 
First party data

Cookie Name

country

Purpose

Cookie to determine the country of a visitor

Category

Strictly Necessary

Expiration (Duration)

Permanent

Cookie provider & type

Analytics 
First party data

Cookie Name

JSESSIONID

Purpose

Cookie to determine when the session was created

Category

Strictly Necessary

Expiration (Duration)

Session

Cookie provider & type

Analytics 
First party data

Cookie Name

_vis_opt_s

Purpose

This cookie tracks session created for a visitor

Category

Performance 

Expiration (Duration)

Session

Cookie provider & type

Visual Web Optimizer 
First party data

Cookie Name

YSC

Purpose

This cookie is set to store and track interactions

Category

Marketing

Expiration (Duration)

Session

Cookie provider & type

YouTube  
Third party data

Cookie Name

_vwo_ds

Purpose

This cookie stores persistent visitor-level data for VWO Insights

Category

Performance

Expiration (Duration)

Permanent

Cookie provider & type

Visual Web Optimizer 
First party data

Cookie Name

muc_ads

Purpose

Collects data on user behavior and interaction in order to optimize the website and make advertisement on the website more relevant.

Category

Marketing

Expiration (Duration)

Permanent

Cookie provider & type

Twitter 
Third party data

Cookie Name

_gcl*

Purpose

This is the Google conversion tracking cookie. It allows us to count visits and traffic sources, so we can measure and improve the performance of our site.

Category

Performance

Expiration (Duration)

Permanent

Cookie provider & type

Google 
Third party data

Cookie Name

CONSENT

Purpose

Consent status of a visitor

Category

Marketing

Expiration (Duration)

Permanent

Cookie provider & type

YouTube 
Third party data

Cookie Name

_gat_gtag*

Purpose

To store a unique user ID

Category

Marketing

Expiration (Duration)

Permanent

Cookie provider & type

Google 
Third party data

Cookie Name

VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE

Purpose

To provide bandwidth estimations.

Category

Functional

Expiration (Duration)

Permanent

Cookie provider & type

YouTube 
Third party data

Cookie Name

s_sq

Purpose

This cookie is set and read by the JavaScript code when the SelectMap functionality or the Activity Map functionality are enabled; it contains information about the previous link that was selected on by the user

Category

Performance

Expiration (Duration)

Session

Cookie provider & type

Adobe 
First party data

Cookie Name

s_ips

Purpose

Tracks percent of page viewed (Adobe cookie) 

Category

Performance

Expiration (Duration)

Session

Cookie provider & type

Adobe 
First party data

Cookie Name

saml_request_path

Purpose

Saves the login status to allow single sign on to applications

Category

Strictly Necessary

Expiration (Duration)

Session

Cookie provider & type

Adobe 
First party data

Cookie Name

language

Purpose

To provide the right language on the website

Category

Functional

Expiration (Duration)

Permanent

Cookie provider & type

Adobe 
First party data

Cookie Name

_GRECAPTCHA

Purpose

To provide spam protection

Category

Functional

Expiration (Duration)

Permanent

Cookie provider & type

Google 
First party data 

Cookie Name

s_tp 

Purpose

The getPercentPageViewed plug-in measures a visitor’s scroll activity to see how much of a page they view before moving on to another page.

Category

Performance

Expiration (Duration)

Session

Cookie provider & type

Adobe 
First party data 

Cookie Name

x-ms-cpim-cache|* 

Purpose

Used for maintaining the request state 

Category

Strictly Necessary 

Expiration (Duration)

Session

Cookie provider & type

Microsoft Azure 
First party data 

Cookie Name

s_cc 

Purpose

This cookie is set and read by the JavaScript code to determine if cookies are enabled (set to “True”). Only one cookie for all accounts.  

Category

Performance

Expiration (Duration)

Session

Cookie provider & type

Adobe 
First party data

Cookie Name

_vwo_uuid_v2

Purpose

To understand visitor’s behavior and track visitor journeys on the website to deliver the best experience 

Category

Performance

Expiration (Duration)

1 Day

Cookie provider & type

Visual Web Optimizer 
First party data

Cookie Name

s_ppv

Purpose

The getPercentPageViewed plug-in measures a visitor’s scroll activity to see how much of a page they view before moving on to another page.

Category

Performance

Expiration (Duration)

Session

Cookie provider & type

Adobe 
First party data

Cookie Name

AMCVS_ 

Purpose

The ID service uses your organization ID, the Experience Cloud AMCV cookie, and a demdex cookie to create and store unique, persistent identifiers for your site visitors. These cookies let the ID service track visitors across your different domains and enable data sharing among different Experience Cloud solutions.

Category

Marketing

Expiration (Duration)

Session

Cookie provider & type

Adobe 
First party data 

Cookie Name

AMCV_ 

Purpose

The ID service uses your organization ID, the Experience Cloud AMCV cookie, and a demdex cookie to create and store unique, persistent identifiers for your site visitors. These cookies let the ID service track visitors across your different domains and enable data sharing among different Experience Cloud solutions. 

Category

Marketing

Expiration (Duration)

2 Years

Cookie provider & type

Adobe 
First party data 

Cookie Name

OptanonConsent

Purpose

Consent status of a visitor 

Category

Strictly Necessary

Expiration (Duration)

Permanent

Cookie provider & type

OneTrust 
First party data

Cookie Name

s_getNewRepeat 

Purpose

Determine whether a visitor to the site is a new visitor or a repeat visitor within a desired number of days

Category

Strictly Necessary

Expiration (Duration)

1 Month

Cookie provider & type

Adobe 
First party data

Cookie Name

_gid 

Purpose

To store and count pageviews

Category

Performance

Expiration (Duration)

Permanent

Cookie provider & type

Google 
First party data

Cookie Name

_fbp

Purpose

To store and track visits across websites

Category

Marketing

Expiration (Duration)

Session

Cookie provider & type

Facebook 
First party data

Cookie Name

gpv_pn

Purpose

Cookie that captures the values ​​of the pages visited

Category

Strictly Necessary

Expiration (Duration)

Session

Cookie provider & type

Adobe 
First party data

Cookie Name

mbox

Purpose

Gives the ability to test which online content and offers are more relevant to visitors

Category

Functional

Expiration (Duration)

Two Years

Cookie provider & type

Adobe 
First party data

Cookie Name

lux_uid

Purpose

Stores a unique session ID to match performance requests

Category

Strictly Necessary

Expiration (Duration)

1 Day

Cookie provider & type

Speedcurve 
First party data

Cookie Name

TEST_AMCV_COOKIE_WRITE

Purpose

Track visitors across your different domains

Category

Strictly Necessary

Expiration (Duration)

Session

Cookie provider & type

Adobe 
First party data

Cookie Name

at_check

Purpose

Used to determine if a visitor supports cookies. Set each time a visitor requests a page.

Category

Functional

Expiration (Duration)

Session

Cookie provider & type

Adobe 
First party data

Cookie Name

optiMonkExperiments

Purpose

To optimize a campaign by A/B testing

Category

Marketing

Expiration (Duration)

Session

Cookie provider & type

OptiMonk 
First party data

Cookie Name

_dc_gtm_UA-* 

Purpose

To store number of service requests

Category

Strictly necessary

Expiration (Duration)

1 Minute

Cookie provider & type

Google 
First party data

Cookie Name

_scid

Purpose

To identify a visitor

Category

Marketing

Expiration (Duration)

1 Year

Cookie provider & type

Snap Inc. 
First party data

Cookie Name

_ttp

Purpose

To measure and improve the performance of advertising campaigns and to personalize the user's experience

Category

Marketing

Expiration (Duration)

13 Months

Cookie provider & type

TikTok 
First party data

Cookie Name

optiMonkSession

Purpose

The Session ID here, which is the current session of the visitor

Category

Marketing

Expiration (Duration)

Session

Cookie provider & type

OptiMonk 
First party data

Cookie Name

10_sec_on_any_planning_page

Purpose

To track the visit time on specific pages

Category

Strictly Necessary

Expiration (Duration)

Session

Cookie provider & type

VisitQatar 
First party data

Cookie Name

_gcl_au

Purpose

To store and track conversions

Category

Marketing

Expiration (Duration)

90 Days

Cookie provider & type

Google 
First party data

Cookie Name

_tt_enable_cookie

Purpose

To collect data about behaviour and purchases on our website and to measure the effect of our advertising

Category

Marketing

Expiration (Duration)

13 Months

Cookie provider & type

TikTok 
First party data

Cookie Name

ln_or

Purpose

This cookie registers statistical data on users' behaviour on the website

Category

Marketing

Expiration (Duration)

1 Day

Cookie provider & type

LinkedIn 
First party data

Cookie Name

optiMonkClient

Purpose

To store the data needed for the Campaigns: Campaign ID, date and time of the first visit, date and time of the last visit, pageview count, Variant ID, Campaign status, and Impression count for the visitor

Category

Marketing

Expiration (Duration)

1 Year

Cookie provider & type

OptiMonk 
First party data

Cookie Name

optiMonkClientId

Purpose

To identify the visitor

Category

Marketing

Expiration (Duration)

1 Year

Cookie provider & type

OptiMonk 
First party data

Cookie Name

optiMonkEmbedded*

Purpose

To create personalized browser experience

Category

Marketing

Expiration (Duration)

Session

Cookie provider & type

OptiMonk 
First party data

Cookie Name

Utag*

Purpose

This allows us to use partner functionalities, such as Google Analytics visitor statistics and feedback functionalities in Tealium

Category

Strictly Necessary

Expiration (Duration)

1 year

Cookie provider & type

Tealium 
First party data

Cookie Name

DSID

Purpose

To ensure security, functionality and advertising

Category

Marketing

Expiration (Duration)

2 weeks

Cookie provider & type

DoubleClick 
Third party data

Cookie Name

test_cookie

Purpose

Cookie is used to check if the user's browser supports cookies

Category

Marketing

Expiration (Duration)

15 minutes

Cookie provider & type

DoubleClick 
Third party data

Cookie Name

id

Purpose

DoubleClick uses cookies to improve advertising. Some common applications are to target advertising based on what’s relevant to a user, to improve reporting on campaign performance, and to avoid showing ads the user has already seen.

Category

Marketing

Expiration (Duration)

2 years

Cookie provider & type

DoubleClick 
Third party data

Cookie Name

RUL

Purpose

DoubleClick uses cookies to improve advertising. Some common applications are to target advertising based on what’s relevant to a user, to improve reporting on campaign performance, and to avoid showing ads the user has already seen.

Category

Marketing

Expiration (Duration)

1 year

Cookie provider & type

DoubleClick 
Third party data

6. Amendment of this cookie policy

We may amend this Cookie Policy with immediate effect from time to time to comply with law or to meet our changing business requirements without notice to you. Where local regulations require, we will obtain consent from you for any new uses of any cookie. You should read and review this page regularly to see if there have been any changes.

7. Questions and complaints

Should you have any questions about this Cookie Policy, please contact us per email :

privacy@visitqatar.qa

For additional information about cookies, please visit:

www.allaboutcookies.org

www.youronlinechoices.eu

www.international-chamber.co.uk/our-expertise/digitaleconomy

 

Last updated: March 2023