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DOHA: The total number of on-arrival-visas granted to citizens from 90 countries reached 72,110 in February this year, which is an increase of 2.7 percent when compared to January 2018.
The majority of visitors were from India, the UK, the US, France, Lebanon and China according to a press statement released by the Ministry of Interior.
The statistics came in the framework of the services provided by the General Directorate of Passports at the Ministry of Interior to the public.
The increase of the number of tourists indicates the status of Qatar in the world and also reflects the good services being provided by Qatar in terms of security and stability, economic status which attract tourists.
On the level of services and transactions completed during February 2018 by the General Directorate of Passports, it reached 151,5752 transactions.
The transactions achieved through Airport Passports were the top in terms of the number and reached 105,3883 transactions, followed by transactions carried out through the Unified Services Centers reaching to 268,375, while the third category is the one handled by Expatriates Affairs Department and it reached 76,348 transactions.
The transactions completed by Search and Follow Up Department was 21090 and Elderly People Section achieved 808 transactions
In terms of the number of transactions completed in February by the Unified Centers, Al Rayyan Services Center is at the top which completed 25.7percent of the total of transactions 268375, followed by Al Wakra Services Center which achieved 13.3 percent and Mesaimeer Services Centre 12.4 percent.
The transactions carried out by Expatriates Affairs Department through the MoI website and Metrash 2 reached 208267 transactions during the same month.
The General Directorate of Passports has asked people to cooperate with it and to provide all the requirements, documents to complete their transactions, and use Metrash 2 and the ministry’s website to save time and efforts.
