Cabinet nod to consider holiday homes as hotel establishments

Cabinet holds weekly meeting.

HE Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al-Thani chaired the Cabinet's regular meeting held at its seat at the Amiri Diwan on Wednesday. Following the meeting, HE Minister of Municipality and Environment and Acting Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Turki Al Subaei issued the following statement: At the beginning of the meeting, the Cabinet conveyed its highest congratulations and blessings to HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani on the occasion of the approaching Eid Al-Adha, asking Allah Almighty on this occasion good health and happiness for His Highness, and for Qatar and its people more splendor, goodness, development and prosperity under the wise leadership of HH the Amir. The Cabinet was briefed by HE Minister of Public Health on the latest developments in efforts to curb COVID-19. The Cabinet affirmed the continuation of work with the procedures and precautionary measures that have been taken in order to combat this pandemic. Then, the Cabinet considered the topics on the agenda as follows: First - Approval of a draft decision of the Chairman of Qatar for Tourism to consider holiday homes as hotel establishments. Under the project, holiday homes are considered hotel establishments, in accordance with the provisions of Law No. 20 of 2018 regarding tourism regulation and its provisions apply. Holiday homes mean furnished housing units prepared for residence, and provided with utilities, whether they are rooms, apartments, houses, villas or camps, and they are rented as a complete or divided unit on a daily or weekly basis or any temporary period not exceeding 30 consecutive days. Second - The Cabinet reviewed the following topics and took the appropriate decisions: 1- The report prepared by the Ministry of Municipality and Environment on the results of the work accomplished to implement solutions and recommendations regarding building permits and the procedures for issuing them. 2- Results of the 54th session of the Council of Arab Health Ministers. 3- Results of the 74th session of the World Health Assembly, and the 149th session of the Executive Board of the World Health Organization.