Visa to Qatar

Just found out it is not that easy to get a visa to Qatar for several reason.

For work
For work visa, you pretty much won't have a problem as the company that employ you will settle for you.

For visiting visa or tourist visa

1) Relative
This shouldn't be a problem as long the person you visit is son / daughter (or in law), parents + in law and father or mother. Your company will probably able to help you to do this as well

2) BF/GF
This is a hard part, somehow Qatar doesn't really allow you to travel alone due to the Islamic law because you can't stay together with your BF or GF if you are not married.

That doesn't you can't visit Qatar at all, you still can get a tourist visa but with certain condition, the visa must be apply by hotel manager from a listed of approved hotel (is only 4 and 5 star hotel) so expect to pay a large sum of money. Another way is via Qatar Airways but it only allow you to visit relative. So as a tourist or visiting your GF or BF you pretty much don't have a lot of choice and it pretty difficult that is probably why tourism doesn't really take place here but anyhow they do not depend on tourism to survive.

More info can be obtained here