Tourism
- Qatif is well known for its traditional markets (suqs) such as the weekly Thursday Market "Suq Alkhamees" and "Suq Waqif"
- Beautiful esplanade along its shore
- Tarout Island castle
- It is also known for its massive agricultural areas that's rich of various vegetation and palm trees.
- Qatif also known for its old historical heritage influenced by the different civilizations it came across during its time, which is reflected in the architecture of its old buildings that lays in the areas of old villages of Qatif (Al-Awamiyah,Al-Qudaih,Al Qala'a etc...).
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“In the middle ages people were tourists because of their religion, whereas now they are tourists because tourism is their religion.”
—Robert Runcie (b. 1921)