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Qatar has seen an uptick in inbound visitors during August.The total number of inbound visitors reached about 328,000, recording a monthly increase of 3.3 percent compared to July 2024, and an annual increase of 24.5 percent in comparison to August 2023.
The 128th issue of the National Planning Council’s Qatar Monthly Statistics bulletin suggested that the highest number of visitors were from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) at 41 percent. As for visitors by type of port, the visitors via air make up the highest percentage with 64 percent of the total number of visitors.
One of the prominent features of the monthly increase is in total new driving licences by 0.6 percent, along with an increase in total new registered vehicles by 11.3 percent compared to July 2024, registering 8,605 new vehicles.
On the other hand, total traffic violations decreased by a monthly rate of 8.6 percent (compared to July 2024), as well as a decrease in traffic accidents by 3.2 percent compared to July 2024.
Regarding traffic accident cases without counting the accidents without injuries, a total of 583 traffic cases were recorded during August 2024, showing a monthly decrease of 3.2 percent and an annual decrease of 1.0 percent. Light injuries accounted for most traffic accident cases during the same month, with 92 percent, followed by severe injuries at 6 percent. However, 11 deaths were recorded, equivalent to only 2 percent of total traffic accident cases.
Regarding Vital Statistics, 2,615 live births were registered during August 2024. Also, an increase in the total Qatari live births by 1.8 percent compared to the previous month.
On the other hand, 196 deaths were recorded during the same period, a decrease of 11.3 percent compared to July 2024.
Moreover, August 2024 witnessed a monthly increase of 7.5 percent of total marriage contracts while it witnessed a monthly decrease of 37.3 percent of total divorce certificates. The total number of marriage contracts reached 374 and the total number of divorce certificates reached 153.
The Social Security statements reached QR77 million in August 2024, for 14,387 beneficiaries. A monthly decrease of 0.1 percent was recorded for the value of social security and a monthly increase of 0.01 percent for the number of beneficiaries of Social Security.
As for the Banking Sector, Total Broad Money Supply (M2) recorded about QR 731 billion during August 2024, an annual increase of 6.7 percent compared with August 2023.
On the other hand, cash equivalents, including Commercial Bank Deposits, attained QR1,035 billion in August 2024. The figure recorded an annual increase of 11.6 percent compared to August 2023, when deposits recorded approximately QR928 billion.
The total number of building permits issued reached 721 during August 2024, recording a monthly decrease of 2.7 percent and an annual increase of 8.3 percent.
