It seems realistic to judge that GDP per capita is the most accurate and indicative measure of wealth, and on that score, the Qataris top the world leader board, soaring high above its nearest competitors. This has translated into Qatar's financial showcase, which is the nation's capital city Doha, once a sleepy backwater, now dynamic and prominent enough to demand anyone's attention. The nation's enormous wealth is reflected in its standards, and the hotel of choice, Doha Downtown Hotel Apartments, has all the trappings which you might come to expect from a luxury city break, and then some. Doha's skyline is perhaps the city's most prominent feature, and the row of skyscrapers, best viewed from the area of the Corniche further south, is one of the Middle East's finest displays of modernity, which interestingly contrasts with
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