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Life

Qatar officials offer seven tips to save money while on vacation

According to the Ministry of Economy and Commerce, around 12 percent of the annual income of families in Qatar is spent on vacations, a figure that has increased dramatically in recent years.

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Culture
Life

Qatar residents urged not to take out loans to go on exotic vacations

During Friday prayer sermons over the weekend, many scholars warned residents about falling into debt just to finance their trips abroad this summer.

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Life

Nine tips on saving money while living and working in Qatar

In a two-part series for the Telegraph, Victoria Scott argues that whilst some costs in Qatar are unavoidable, there are still some savings to be made.

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Business

Savings culture yet to take hold in Gulf, report finds

Some 72 percent of Qatar residents polled have not saved as much money as they planned to this year, mirroring a worrying trend across the Gulf.

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‘We are now graduating students from universities that are spenders not savers’

Some 68 percent of the 1,100 GCC residents polled this year have said their savings are less than originally planned.

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Survey: Expats in Middle East struggle to save as cost of living rises

A whopping 41 percent of the people who work in the Middle East have no savings, according to a new Bayt.com survey of almost 12,000 professionals in the region. The…

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