Desk Report
Publish: 24 Mar 2022, 12:25 pm
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Qatar World Cup organizers on Wednesday unveiled fan
accommodation for the event that ranges from a steel bed in a studio at $84 a
night to luxury villas costing nearly $1,000 and luxury cruise ship suites.
Visitors to the Gulf state will also have to buy a match
ticket before they can get official accommodation and to register for a special
pass to get access to stadiums and fan zones, Qatari officials said.
Organisers of the football extravaganza that runs from
November 21 to December 18, have sought to reassure 1.2 million visitors
expected from around the world that there are enough rooms and they will fit
all pockets.
Despite the doubts, and some criticism of Qatar's record of
handling migrant workers, there have been nearly 20 million applications for
the three million tickets.
The government and world body FIFA have reserved 130,000
hotel and apartment rooms for the tournament. But they will also have two
cruise ships in Doha port and could set up desert camps for fans.
Omar al-Jaber, executive director of accommodation for the
Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, the main organising body, said the
aim was to have prices for all fans.
- Website wait -
"As for the average price, it starts from $80 and
varies according to the location and the type of housing chosen," he told
a press conference.
But he warned that rates would be based on "supply and
demand" and those who book early would get the cheaper prices.
When AFP went to the accommodation website an hour after it
opened, there was a 50-minute wait to access the list of hotels and rooms.
The cheapest was a studio with two steel single beds and a
shared kitchen in an alcohol-free campus at Al Wakra, a Doha suburb. The $84 a
night room at Barwa Barahat Al Janoub Cluster A includes an ensuite shower but
the kitchen is shared.
Beer and strong drinks are mainly banned in Muslim Qatar.
But the government plans to allow drinking in World Cup fan zones.
The studios -- near the Al Janoub stadium, where some
matches will be played -- and most of the accommodation, is virtually new.
There are also luxury villas near the Al Khalifa stadium in
Doha for $920 a night. But many fans will be in one of the 4,000 cabins on the
MSC Poesia and MSC World Europa cruise ships.
Prices start at $180 a night for a basic cabin while some
suites are more than twice as expensive.
Fans must have a ticket to get an official room though some
private portals will also be selling accommodation and hotels will also have some
rooms on the open market.
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