* May 2022 international arrivals 25% higher than pre-pandemic figures
* Tourism performance over January-May shows Qatar well on track with recovery plans
* For the first time, visitor arrivals by land surpasses those by air


Qatar’s festivities in May have proven a big boon to the country’s visitor arrival figures, with the past month’s unique events and offerings under ‘Eid in Qatar’ driving a significant influx of visitors, Qatar Tourism has said.
May international arrivals exceeded 166,000, marking it as the month with the highest number of visitors in 2022. Further, the figures represent more than a quarter of all visitors welcomed over the first five months of this year.
The latest data on visitor arrivals point to a steady recovery of Qatar’s tourism sector, with the year-to-date total (580,000) fast approaching the overall arrivals figure of 2021 (611,000).