Al Zubarah joins UNESCO’s World Heritage List
UNESCO has today named the abandoned historical coastal town Al Zubarah Archeological Site to the World Heritage List, the Qatar Museums Authority has announced.
Zubarah, which is some 100 km northwest of Doha and “one of the largest and best preserved examples of an 18th-19th century traditional pearl fishing and merchant town in the Gulf,” is the first site in Qatar to make the list. It is now perhaps best known by tourists for its famous fort of the same name.
Many of its archaeological finds, which were excavated in the 1950s, are now part of the National Museum of Qatar’s (NMoQ) permanent collection. Sheikh Hassan Bin Mohamed Bin Ali Al Thani, QMA’s Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees, was present at the UNESCO event and said in a statement:
The following links give you an insight of the history Zubara shoulders so far..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zubarah
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zubarah_Fort
britexpat i am agree wid u,nature is unique with its own facilities,but nowadays when u book travel ticket,u definitely going to look for available hotels after all in that destination ,so thats kind of attraction in this case..
Facilities like hotels and restaurants will destroy the ambience and the natural beauty of the fort..
Hurray! for Al Zubarah for being included in UNESCO World Heritage list..
Al Zubarah enjoys now all the potential to attract thousands of tourists in the days ahead. Facilities like hotels, restaurants and scuba diving as well as fishing can further increase its attraction to the international tourists.