Qatar's October inbound visitors 336,000, down 10% year-on-year

A report on November 6, 2026 showed that Qatar's October international inbound visitors were 336,000, down 10% year-on-year. By channel, land arrivals rose 18% year-on-year, the only growing channel, and all passed through the only land border crossing between Qatar and Saudi Arabia; air arrivals fell 19%, the eighth consecutive monthly decline. In the first 10 months of 2026, cumulative visitors received were 2.95 million, down 24% from 3.9 million in the same period last year. The report summarized the trend as tourism recovery relying on land rather than air.