The tourism sector in Qatar has continued its strong momentum in the first half of 2025, attracting more than 2.6 million international visitors between January and June.
This is a three per cent increase compared to the same period last year, according to the latest figures from Qatar Tourism.
Visitors from Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries made up 36 per cent of arrivals, followed by Europe (26 per cent), Asia and Oceania (22 per cent) and seven per cent each from the Americas and other Arab countries.
Arrivals were split across air (57 per cent), land (33 per cent) and sea (nine per cent), reflecting the success of Qatar’s multi-access entry strategy.
Hotels achieved an average occupancy rate of 71 per cent, up two percentage points year-on-year, with 5.23 million hotel nights sold – a seven per cent increase from H1 2024.
Saad bin Ali Al Kharji, Chairman of Qatar Tourism and Visit Qatar, said the results show the success of the country’s strategy to position tourism as a key driver of economic diversification in line with National Vision 2030.
In 2024, Qatar’s tourism sector contributed QR55bn ($15.1bn) to GDP, representing eight per cent of the economy – a 14 per cent increase from 2023. This keeps the country on track to meet its Tourism Strategy 2030 target of raising tourism’s GDP share to 10-12 per cent.
