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🇶🇦 Qatar

Qatar is no. 49 in our list of the 50 most visited destinations, with 4.9 million international arrivals in 2024. Below: visa rules for every passport, cash limits at customs and the tourist traps official travel advice warns about.

Rank 49 of 50 by international arrivals (4.9 million, 2024) · Source: UN Tourism

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Explore Qatar: things to do, shopping, food and getting around

A short guide based on Visit Qatar.

Places to visit

  • Museum of Islamic Art

    Corniche, Doha

    A building by I.M. Pei on its own island off the Corniche. Highlights include the Shahnameh manuscript and a 10th-century planispheric astrolabe. MIA Park next door overlooks the sea.

    Source: Visit Qatar – Museum of Islamic Art

  • National Museum of Qatar

    Doha

    Jean Nouvel's building, inspired by the desert rose, surrounds a historic palace. Its galleries trace Qatar's story and display the Pearl Carpet.

    Source: Visit Qatar – National Museum of Qatar

Shopping

  • MIA Park weekend bazaarBudget

    MIA Park, Doha

    In the cooler months, a weekend bazaar has more than a hundred stalls selling food, handicrafts, clothing and jewellery.

    Source: Visit Qatar – Museum of Islamic Art

Summarised in our own words from the linked pages, official tourism boards and transport authorities first; items marked "Not official" come from other guides. Prices and opening times change, so check the source before you go. Last checked 24 Oct 2026.

Common tourist traps and how to avoid them

Scams and risky spots named in official travel advice for Qatar, in our own words.

  1. Bounced cheques and unpaid bills

    How it works: Fraud, bounced (incl. post-dated/"security") cheques and unpaid hotel or car-hire bills are crimes punished with prison, fines, travel bans or deportation.

    How to avoid it: Pay bills in full and never sign security cheques.

Areas flagged in official advice

  • Areas near security or military facilities (risk of further Iranian retaliatory attacks in the region)

Official advice: FCDO: no areas advised against; regional attack risk.

Emergency numbers in Qatar

Paraphrased from official travel advice: FCDO travel advice – Safety and security · FCDO travel advice – Warnings and insurance · FCDO travel advice – Getting help (emergency numbers) · FCDO page updated 19 Aug 2026 · Last checked 4 Oct 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Cash you can bring in and take out

Customs rules for banknotes and other cash when you enter or leave Qatar.

Qatar General Authority of Customs

Bringing cash in
Declare cash, bearer instruments, precious metals or precious stones worth QAR 50,000 or more.
Taking cash out
Same when leaving.
Local currency (QAR) in
No limit (declaration only).
Local currency (QAR) out
No limit (declaration only).
Foreign currency
No limit (declaration only).
  • Penalties: up to 3 years in prison or fines up to QAR 500,000.

Official source: customs.gov.qa · gov.uk · Last checked 4 Oct 2026

Qatar visa rules by passport

The general rule for each passport, from official sources. Open a passport to see conditions and options that depend on where you live.

Visa-free80 passports
Visa on arrival6 passports
eVisa105 passports

Verified rules for Qatar: 189 of 198 passports; awaiting verification: 9; not yet covered: 0. A rule that is awaiting verification or not yet covered is not a negative visa decision: it only means we haven't confirmed it on an official source yet.

⚠ Unofficial sources: 2 rules for Qatar are not from an official Qatar government source (based on other governments' travel advice or secondary research). They are labelled on each page, are not counted as verified above, and should be confirmed with the embassy before travel.

Requirements for all visitors to Qatar

These apply on top of the visa rules above, whatever your passport, unless an item says otherwise.

  • InsuranceMandatory visitors' health insurance

    Applies to: visitors needing a prior-entry visa; visa-on-arrival visitors only if staying over 30 days.

    Official source: moph.gov.qa · Last checked 2 Nov 2026

  • HealthYellow fever certificate if arriving from a WHO yellow-fever risk country

    Applies to: travellers aged 9 months or over arriving from a country WHO lists as a yellow-fever risk country.

    Official source: cdn.who.int · Also checked: wwwnc.cdc.govNot official · Last checked 25 Oct 2026

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