Qatar received just over 765,000 visitors during first Two weeks of The World Cup, according to a report by organizers obtained by Reuters, is falling short of country forecast for flow of 1.2 million during the month event.
Huge boom in Visitors at this point are unlikely with Only eight teams stay on in Doha eighth games left out of 64 in The tournament that started on November 20.
The organizers had previously set a peak period for international Visitors to be November 24-28 through busy group phase, when 32 teams they were playing four matches every day.
The December 7 report was prepared by the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy (SC), which regulates tournamentAnd he said first 17 days of 765,859 witnessed the World Cup international visitors, more From half of who are now gone.
The report recorded 1.33 million match ticket ticket holders and 3.09 million tickets sold across the eight stadiums in Qatar for The tournament which ends on December 18th.
Diagonal official who did not wish And confirmed the numbers to be disclosed. The Supreme Council did not respond to requests from Reuters for comment.
The tournament in Diameter first to be held in Middle East, is considered one of more expensive in terms of Tickets, hotels, alcohol and sales of that are restricted.
less international More visitors than originally expected led to an unexpected glut of residence however you have also Major avoided overCongestion or traffic headaches in Qatar, the smallest country by both population And the area to host the World Cup.
the flow of Visitors represent a 25% boost to the country’s population population of 3 million, of Which is not more than 10%-12% Qataris.
“with over week of competition Still ahead, wave of new Visitors began to arrive from countries made to me quarterfinals”Qatari” official to Reuters.
More visitors are expected to flock to Qatar for plural matches And after the country lifted entry restrictions for Citizens and residents of sister Gulf countries.
Cumulative attendance of the stadium in first 52 matches The document said that 2.65 million.
previously, world football body FIFA said that the stadium attendance in Qatar had exceeded the attendance rate of stadiums during the similar period in the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
On Tuesday, hundreds of Moroccan fans He flew to Qatar on special Excursions arranged in advance of Their team is victorious over Spain. Similar battles are expected to be fought on to me allow last-the moment fans to fly in From overseas to watch teams advance through tournament’s final three rounds.
Visitors to Qatar must have a live ID card Before of Travel because it doubles as a mandatory entry visa during tournament a period. On Tuesday, Qatar dropped that requirement for GCC countries.
