Qatar has become the most open country in the Middle East and the 8th most open in the world in terms of visa facilitation. The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) recently updated its visa openness rankings, confirming Qatar’s recent visa facilitation improvements including allowing nationals of 88 countries to enter Qatar visa-free and free-of-charge.
Moves Qatar has made to improve visa facilitation incorporate presenting an online stage for effective and straightforward visa handling and e-visas, and a free 96-hour travel visa multiplying the time stopover travelers can stay in the nation.
Because of these measures, Qatar's visa receptiveness positioning has jumped to eighth on the planet from 177th in 2014. Since the presentation of these progressions, year-on-year entries from India have grown 18%, from China 43% and from Russia a colossal 366%. None of these business sectors presently require a visa to visit Qatar.
UNWTO Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili said In 2014, Qatar commissioned a visa facilitation study for the country, which UNWTO prepared based on its global openness data. “Qatar has implemented and overachieved the recommendations of the study, setting an example by spearheading safe and seamless travel, enhancing the visitor experience and better placing itself to improve mobility for its citizens.”
Qatar Tourism Authority’s chairman, Hassan Al Ibrahim said “Openness and ease of access are crucial elements of the visitor experience. We have committed to making it a seamless experience, even as visitors plan their journey. We will continue to work with our partners on streamlining the immigration process at Qatar’s ports of entry, as well as ensuring that all visitor visas and visa procedures are electronic.”
UNWTO measures the mobility of citizens based on their ability to travel seamlessly to other countries. While Qatar currently ranks 106th in the world in terms of mobility, 20 of the countries benefiting from the Qatari visa waiver are already reciprocating, enhancing the mobility of Qatar’s citizens.
Encouraging consistent travel is essential to the proceeded with advancement of tourism as an improvement vehicle and potential mainstay of accomplishing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Qatar's movement assistance upgrades correspond with advance made in visa help around the world. For instance, Belarus as of late made without visa travel accessible for 30 days to subjects of 74 nations going through Minsk airplane terminal. UNWTO's worldwide visa receptiveness record score has expanded from 31 out of 2014 to 37 out of 2018.
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