Number of hotels Qatar 2013-2022

In 2022, the number of hotels in Qatar was 145. That was an increase in the number of hotels compared to 2013, when there were 83 hotels in the country. This data included hotels of all classification categories, from five-star luxury hotels to one-star hotels.

Qatar’s future promise

Given the evolving global landscape and a strategic push for economic diversification, Qatar is creating a course towards a sustainable societal future, steering away from its reliance on oil and natural resource trade. Leading this transformation, the Qatar Tourism Authority has launched campaigns with the goal of drawing in approximately six million visitors annually by 2030, positioning Qatar as the fastest-growing tourist destination in the Middle East.
The 2022 FIFA World Cup, which took place in Qatar, provided an incentive for constructing additional hotels to accommodate the event and served as a catalyst to enhance the overall industry's capacity for future expansion. The number of nights spent at five-star hotels in Qatar in 2022 was approximately 4.2 million. Besides being characterized by luxury hotels, the hotel industry in Qatar also has a healthy occupancy rate, listing second in average occupancy rate of branded hotels among Gulf Cooperation Council countries between 1998 and 2019.

Tourism and economy in Qatar

While the contribution share of tourism to the gross domestic product (GDP) in Qatar is modest compared to the oil and gas sector, tourism contribution to GDP in the Middle East and North Africa region in 2020 was the highest in Qatar, with a 7.5 percent contribution rate. The country's tourism sector has made steady improvements over the years. For example, the number of cruise passengers in Qatar experienced rapid growth between 2015 and 2019. The economic significance of tourism is expected to grow, with a total economic contribution of tourism and travel to the GDP of Qatar forecasted to reach around 199.3 billion Qatari Riyals in 2028.