How much is it costing fans to go to Qatar?
Business Daily
BBC
4.4 • 816 Ratings
🗓️ 4 November 2022
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
About 1.5 million fans, a little more than half the population of Qatar, are expected to arrive in the tiny Gulf state for the 2022 World Cup.
Two weeks before the start of tournament, Sam Fenwick speaks to fans about how much they are willing to spend to support their team and hopefully watch them lift the iconic trophy.
There are concerns that fans have been priced out of attending this year’s tournament. The Ghanaian government is subsidising some ticket prices. It will be the first time many Welsh fans have had the opportunity to see their team in a World Cup, they last qualified in 1958. Around 3,000 are expected to travel for the group stages of the competition. Many have spent thousands of dollars on flights, accommodation and tickets. Argentina fans are also spending big to see Lionel Messi line up for his country in a World Cup, possibly for the very last time.
Presenter / producer: Sam Fenwick Image: Welsh football fans; Credit: BBC
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| 0:28.5 | Football fans across the globe are packing up their replica shirts, |
| 0:32.9 | folding up their national flags, |
| 0:34.3 | and practicing their singing ahead of the 2022 World Cup finals in Qatar. |
| 0:43.3 | I'm Sam Fenwick and today on Business Daily from the BBC World Service. You'll hear from Argentinian fans hoping to catch a glimpse of messy magic on what could be his last World Cup. |
| 0:58.1 | Every person in the world wants to see Messi and it's his last World Cup. |
| 1:04.9 | Qatar is expecting to welcome 1.2 million visitors during the games which kick off in two weeks time. |
| 1:11.2 | But at what cost? |
| 1:13.0 | Fans tell us they're paying thousands of dollars on travel and accommodation. |
| 1:17.5 | A true football fan is being priced out of the tournament. |
| 1:21.1 | When I look at what the Ghanien or the African earns, |
| 1:25.2 | it may not necessarily be prising out, but totally annihilating |
| 1:29.6 | the Ghanaian fan from ever watching some decent performance. |
| 1:36.0 | We will shortly be arriving at Cardiff Central. |
| 1:41.0 | I've come to Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. |
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