FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 in 2022 opens today. In addition to exciting and fierce competitions, the host country of the World Cup has also attracted much attention.
Some people say: I never dreamed that one day I would live in Dubai to save money.
It's really too expensive to watch the World Cup live broadcast this year!
Not long ago, some British players' families lived in neighboring Dubai. They originally wanted to book a luxury hotel at Banana Island Resort in Doha, Qatar, but they were scared away by the price of 6,000 pounds per night.
● Doha Banana Island
At this price, if you want to watch the final, you need 6.5438+0.8 million pounds in 30 days, which is about 6.5438+0.4 million RMB. This is only the accommodation fee, and the daily diet is all expensive.
At such a high price, even the families of the players in the British team feel sore. After living in Dubai, the room and board expenses plummeted by 70%. The air ticket from Dubai to Qatar is 150, which can be ignored.
● Doha, Qatar
Of course, ordinary fans don't want to stay in luxury hotels, and the budget is limited. Ashley Brown, a British football fan, calculated that in the past, it only took 1, 200 pounds to watch the finals from the World Cup group stage.
But now, the accommodation fee alone scares the hell out of my wallet. B&B is $700/night and cruise is $347/night. Even the cheapest "vermicelli village", consisting of desert tents and temporary wooden houses, costs $207 a night.
Moreover, all of the above are difficult to grab. Generally speaking, living in Dubai has become the best choice for fans.
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Such a high accommodation is unreasonable and unexpected. Because this is the most expensive World Cup in history.
How expensive is this World Cup? Not only broke the record, but also directly improved the record by more than ten times.
In 20 14 years, Brazil invested1500 million dollars, in 20 18 years, Russia invested10/600 million dollars, but this World Cup actually squandered 220 billion dollars.
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Even from the United States 1994 World Cup, the total expenditure of the first seven sessions was 44.3 billion US dollars, which was only equivalent to 1.5 of the investment in this World Cup.
Who is Qatar and how can it spend so much money?
This country is really unusual.
Qatar is located in the Persian Gulf in West Asia, facing the United Arab Emirates across the sea. The area is only 1 152 1 square kilometer, which is slightly smaller than Tianjin. The population is 2.658 million, most of which are permanent residents in other places, of which about 15% are citizens.
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But in such a big place, half of the country is natural gas fields, accounting for 20% of the global reserves, second only to Russia and Iran. But also a big oil country, with proven oil reserves ranking 13 in the world.
Lying on oil and gas, Qatar naturally becomes a rich country. Its per capita GDP is as high as $70,000, making it one of the richest countries in Asia.
Moreover, this per capita GDP also includes foreign permanent residents. If you only count your own citizens, you can reach $465,438 +0.2 million, killing all countries in the world.
● Qatar local tyrants are so pragmatic: work 3 hours a day.
Qatar's royal family is richer, holding a huge wealth of $335 billion, which is 3.8 times that of the British royal family, making it the world's top giants.
The behavior of local tyrants is often incomprehensible to ordinary people.
Qatar's investment in this World Cup is beyond everyone's imagination. First, it invested $6.5 billion to build seven world-class gymnasiums, and at the same time rebuilt and expanded 1 old gymnasium.
Because it is located in the tropics, Qatar has higher requirements for coolness. For the first time, these eight gymnasiums are equipped with the most advanced cooling systems, so that athletes and spectators can get the best cooling experience.
The design of the gymnasium is also very clever, pursuing both artistic sense and scientific sense.
●974 Stadium
Among them, the 974 Gymnasium actually drew inspiration from the building blocks. It takes 974 containers as the main body, equipped with movable seats and modular "building blocks". If it is not needed in the future, it can be completely disassembled, which is the first time in the history of the World Cup.
The Lussel Gymnasium, which was built by China Railway Construction, firmly occupied the C position and became a new national landmark. Its shape is like a traditional lantern in Qatar, and the staggered light and shadow set off the running players.
● Russell Stadium known as the "Golden Bowl"
I have to sigh that although China didn't qualify, it was made in China, which not only made it to the World Cup, but also only hosted the final team: 1/8 finals, 1/4 finals, semi-finals and finals, all of which were staged in this museum.
In addition to building stadiums, Qatar also spent nearly $3 billion to provide advanced training bases for teams, build communication buildings convenient for media in various countries, and carry out various publicity and promotion activities.
Football is a fanatical sport, and riots often occur. In order to maintain order at the scene, Qatar has signed agreements with Turkey, Pakistan, Morocco and other countries. These countries will send armed forces to participate in security work.
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At the same time, Qatar has also made great efforts to entertain tourists. Because Qatar is a small country with few people, hotels in the whole country can serve 400,000 people. However, during the World Cup, it is estimated that at least 6.5438+0.2 million fans poured in, which was simply in short supply.
So Qatar built more than 100 luxury hotels, rented the "Opera" cruise ship from Switzerland, negotiated civil apartments and houses, built an outdoor fan village, and even bought 500 containers from China to meet daily life.
The cruise ship "Opera"
But the problem is that these conventional projects add up to 1000 billion dollars, which is less than the official 10%. Where did the rest of the money go?
Don't worry, focus on the infrastructure behind.
Due to the surge in tourists during the World Cup, flights are likely to be seriously inadequate. Qatar directly waved a hand and spent $654.38+0.6 billion to build Hamad International Airport.
● The Pearl of Qatar, the landmark of Qatar.
Of course, tourists not only watch the ball, but also want to visit exotic places. In order to give everyone the best travel experience, Qatar has invested another $36 billion to build a 76-kilometer subway, connecting hotels, stadiums and tourist attractions in series.
The most shocking thing is that Qatar has spent hundreds of billions of dollars to turn the northern town of Russell into an ultra-modern modern city.
Therefore, the investment in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 has really reached an earth-shattering $220 billion.
Is it really worth such a big investment?
Although the World Cup can promote the development of local hotels, restaurants and tourism, in fact, the dividends brought by the World Cup are very limited and short-lived. Britain voluntarily gave up its bid to host the 2030 World Cup for fear of losing money.
Nasser Carter, an official of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 High Commission for Delivery and Inheritance, also predicted: "The World Cup will bring 654.38+07 billion US dollars to Qatar's economy."
Compared with the investment, this money is too low. Why did Qatar dare to do this?
There is a simple reason. As a resource-based country, Qatar knows that relying on resources is not a long-term solution, so it has long been planning transformation. Singapore, with a smaller land area, became the research object.
● Qatar idol Singapore
In 2005, they launched the Qatar financial center plan and formulated many preferential policies to attract foreign investment. I want to be a financial center in the Middle East and eventually a world financial center like Singapore.
As a result, five years later, Qatar successfully applied for the World Cup, so they slightly revised their plans. Take advantage of the World Cup to upgrade the whole people.
If infrastructure is deducted, cartel's investment in this World Cup will exceed 654.38+0 billion, which is equivalent to that of Russia.
And infrastructure is something that benefits the whole people. The Russell New Town, which costs hundreds of billions of dollars, is equivalent to xiong'an new area in China, bearing the hopes of many Qataris.
It is not only the main venue during the World Cup, but also will carry the banner of industrial transformation in the future, attract technical talents from all over the world, and lay a solid foundation for Qatar in the post-oil and gas era.
Today, with its political and geographical advantages, Qatar Financial Center has attracted more than 500 companies around the world and established a business community of more than 3,500 people.
● Qatar National Bank
Aijiade, CEO of Qatar Financial Center Authority, also invested in Latin America, and visited China on 20 18.
"We invite companies willing to invest in the Middle East to take Qatar as their foothold and expand to the whole Middle East. We are also willing to work closely with it to provide good preferential conditions. "
The first Arab country to host the World Cup, the first country to host the World Cup in the northern hemisphere in winter, and the most expensive World Cup in history. With so many names, Qatar has earned enough heat.
With the popularity of the World Cup, more people will definitely know about Qatar, which will bring more opportunities to this small country.
It is worth mentioning that Qatar is participating in the World Cup for the first time. As the host country, it directly advanced to the top 32 of the World Cup.
Suddenly, we saw China's hope of qualifying!
● Made in Yiwu, which swept 70% of the market share of products around the World Cup. Image source: Yang
Qatar's record-breaking investment anyway. Not only for now, but also for the future.
Those who do not seek eternal life are short of a moment; He who does not seek the overall situation does not seek a domain. It is not a long-term solution to make a profit by lying on resources. It is a wise strategy to transform ahead of time.
The future is dreamy and unpredictable. But what is certain is that opportunities always favor those who are prepared.
I wish Qatar great success in the World Cup. Text/Hu Ling Empty