Doha, Qatar: Qatar’s tourism sector is expected to sustain its upward momentum in 2025, surpassing 2024’s arrival figures to reach a new high. According to a recent report by Fitch Solutions, the sector is entering a “new phase of growth”, with tourist numbers projected to continue rising throughout the 2025 to 2029 forecast period.
The figures show that the 2025 outlook for Qatar’s tourist arrivals is positive, forecasting robust growth.
“In 2025, we forecast Qatar’s arrivals to expand by 3.5 percent y-o-y to 5.3 million, building on the 5.
1 million arrivals reported for 2024 by Qatar Tourism and setting a new peak in arrivals,” it said.
Qatar’s previous peak in tourist arrivals was recorded in 2015 at 2.94 million.
Since hosting the FIFA World Cup in 2022, the country’s tourism sector has sustained strong growth momentum. Analysts at Fitch Solutions noted that the tourism growth rate this year will be driven by strong demand from key source markets, including Saudi Arabia, India, Germany, the UK, and the US, and is further supported by continued government and private sector initiatives aimed at enhancing Qatar’s overall tourism appeal.
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