Qatar issued a memo yesterday adding Lebanon to its list of countries whose citizens are exempt from visa requirement. The memo issued by Qatar’s Airport Passports Departments stated that tourist visas will be granted instantly upon arrival from now on.
Just a quick reminder, it was almost impossible for Lebanese to get a visa to Qatar in the past few years but things have apparently changed ever since Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt cut ties with Qatar.
The route however from Beirut to Qatar hasn’t changed despite Qatar’s diplomatic crisis, or at least that’s what their website shows.
From Beirut to Doha, they fly over Turkey then Iran, since they don’t fly over Syria nor Iraq, and it takes additional 30min to 45min when compared to what it used to take when flying over KSA