{
  "id": 12377418,
  "title": "Qatar welcomes 2.614 million visitors in First Nine Months of 2026",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/qatar-welcomes-2-614-million-visitors-in-first-nine-months-of-2026",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-06T12:11:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf Times",
    "slug": "gulf-times",
    "url": "https://www.gulf-times.com/article/735029/qatar/qatar-welcomes-2614-million-visitors-in-first-nine-months-of-2026"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In the first nine months of 2026, the State of Qatar welcomed a total of 2.614 million visitors via its land, air, and sea entry points. This marked a 1.1 percent increase year-on-year, with September seeing 276,000 visitors, up from 273,000 in the same period last year.\n\nThe majority of these visitors originated from the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, which accounted for 40.9 percent of the total, or 1.069 million visitors. Asia and Oceania followed as the second-largest source of visitors, representing 21 percent of the total with 548,000 visitors. Europe came in third, with 538,000 visitors or 20.6 percent of the total. The Americas accounted for 7.3 percent, with 190,000 visitors, while other Arab countries contributed 7 percent, amounting to 184,000 visitors. Lastly, other African countries constituted 3.2 percent of the total with 84,000 visitors.",
  "summary": "The State of Qatar welcomed 2.614 million visitors through its land, air and sea entry points during the first nine months of 2026.In a statement Tuesday, Qatar Tourism said that the number of visitor...",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Peninsula Qatar",
        "title": "Qatar welcomed 2.614 million visitors in first nine months of 2026",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/qatar-welcomed-2-614-million-visitors-in-first-nine-months-of-2026",
        "published": "2026-10-06T11:58:51.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}