QA25.5°N · 51.3°EPhoto: Rai Lelan @ YouTube · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsWestern Asia travel guide
Qatar
Museums and desert on a long stopover
Qatar is compact and easy to see on a stopover: Doha's museums and souq, the desert dunes and the inland sea at Khor Al Adaid.
Places worth your time
Museum of Islamic Art
Doha
I. M. Pei building on the Corniche.
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons Souq Waqif
Doha
Restored market with spices, falcons and cafés.
Photo: Em and Ernie @ Flickr · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons Khor Al Adaid
South Qatar
Where the desert meets the sea; reached by 4x4.
National Museum of Qatar
Doha
Building shaped like a desert rose crystal.
Know before you go
- Dress modestly in public places.
- The Doha Metro is cheap and modern.
Key facts
- Official name
- State of Qatar
- Capital
- Doha
- Currency
- Qatari riyal (QAR ر.ق)
- Languages
- Arabic
- Calling code
- +974
- Area
- 11,586 km²
- Region
- Western Asia
Who can get in easily
95 of 198 passports can enter Qatar without arranging a visa in advance.
- Visa-free
- Visa on arrival
- eTA
- eVisa
- Visa required
Visa requirements for Qatar by passport
IndiaVisa-free30 days
United StatesVisa-free90 days
United KingdomVisa-free30 days
United Arab EmiratesVisa-free
ChinaVisa-free30 days
SingaporeVisa-free30 days
PakistaneVisa
BangladesheVisa
Sri LankaeVisa
NepaleVisa
NigeriaeVisa
PhilippineseVisa
CanadaVisa-free30 days
AustraliaVisa-free30 days
GermanyVisa-free90 days
Pick any passport above to see the full requirements, or use the selector at the top.
Nearby countries
Saudi ArabiaSources: Wikipedia's "Visa requirements for … citizens" articles (CC BY-SA 4.0) for 199 passports; Passport Index Data (imorte), scraped from passportindex.org, published 17 Feb 2026 for the rest. Last checked 11 Oct 2026. Cover photo: Photo: Rai Lelan @ YouTube · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons.