Move over Dubai! The country Brits are flocking to

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They have been able to enjoy tax-free bumper pay packets, while also showing off their new lives on TikTok – yet other social media posters have also been talking of moving back to Britain despite such offers. Kitting yourself out in clothes can also see a pair of jeans almost half the UK price in Qatar, while the price per square metre when buying a city centre apartment in Doha is less than a quarter of countervailing options in London, analysts suggested. The social media poster said: ‘Can you tell Qatar is my fave place on earth?

Moving here three years ago was the best decision I ever made. It took a minute to adjust but, once I did, I’ve never been happier. But she expands on the apparent benefits of life in Qatar, continuing by telling viewers: ‘Now we come to my favourite thing, which is the safety – people literally leave their laptops, their phones out. ‘On top of that, many employers will also cover accommodation and utility bills, transport, food and health insurance – more disposable income to do the things you want, rather than the majority of it going on housing.’ The TikToker also raved about public transport being ‘so cheap’ and getting around ‘so easy’, with Uber rides of up to 10 minutes costing £2 or £3, while a day pass on the Doha Metro rapid transit system ‘costs the equivalent of £1.50’.

TikTok videos rave about the attractions of a country which has a population of 2.6million, only 313,000 of whom are Qatari citizens – at a time when Britons have also been speaking up about falling out of love with neighbouring Dubai. Ex-Manchester United and England defender Gary Neville, now a TV pundit, has been outspoken on the poor conditions for and deaths of migrant workers building the Qatar World Cup infrastructure, the lack of women’s rights and the nation’s human rights record.

Qatar – which was a British protectorate between 1916 and independence in 1971 – is seven hours away by plane, with prices available online currently starting from £122 for one-way flights and £251 for a round trip. Iqra goes on to talk about what she calls the ‘extreme, extreme heat’, adding: ‘Now, I know it is hot here, but I didn’t think it would hit over 50 degrees – like, you can’t go out without getting heatstroke.

Stay at home and literally don’t go anywhere.’ Data from the crowdsourced database Numbeo suggests a three-course meal for two people at a mid-range restaurant is £80 in London compared to £37.16 in Doha – which is cheaper than the equivalent cost of £57 in neighbouring Dubai. In an interview with The Athletic in June 2023, Beckham said: ‘Anything I go into, I do every kind of check to make sure it is the right thing for me, is the right thing for my business and is the right thing morally.’ Meanwhile, water and energy utility bills amount to a monthly average of £69.04 in Doha, down from London’s £233.10 – yet equivalent internet charges are higher in Qatar, at £65.

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