THE Ministry of Economy and Commerce has issued statistics of licensed eateries in the country in a bid to guide businessmen about new emerging opportunities in this sector.
A total of 3,716 commercial licences for eateries were issued. Doha has 2,004 licence holders, followed by 1038 in Al Rayyan. Al Wakra ranked with 291 licences and Umm Salal with 130. Al Khor-Al Zakhira, Al Daain, Al Shihaniya and Al Shamal have 111, 72 and 23 licences respectively.
Highest active licences are about 1,889 for restaurants, 1271 for cafeteria and 270 for juice stalls. Fast food outlets are 201 and traditional local kitchens serving foods are 121. The least number of commercial outlets are 12 for serving barbecue and nine for seafood. Seven outlets provide mixed services like restaurant, juice stall , cafeteria and kitchen. Outlets severing healthy food are only six.
