I will explain about the stay in Qatar to watch the world cup games in Qatar.
This time, the competition is different from the the past ones because all stadiums are located around Doha. (Giovanni Infantino, who is the current president of FIFA, also mentions that Qatar world cup will be the most compact world cup ever. Actually, this is the first time that supporters can watch 2 games in 1 day!) So, it is more difficult than the past world cup for supporters to secure their hotels because all supporters are gathering near Doha.
According to the above mentioned situation, I will explain some choice to stay for the world cup. This article’ explanation considers to visit the world cup from Japan.
Stay in Qatar
Apply the world cup watching tour through travel agency
If you have not got the tickets for the games, I think this is the easiest way. You can make the reservation from the following link that is travel agency named Purpose Japan’s web site. The price of the tour is little bit expensive but the tickets for the games, flights, hotels, sightseeing etc. are included. So, if you are lazy to check the details of travel, this may be best choice for you!
Stay in the hotels recommended by FIFA
FIFA introduces some accommodation through the following web site.
But the prices are really expensive. The lowest price is $344 per a night and the most expensive one is $1,389 per a night. For Japanese residents, weaker yen at this moment is also big damage…
FIFA assumes to prevent the follow up price hike during the world cup period, they secure the number of rooms of hotels by this hospitality program but this official offer’s price is also really expensive… So if you have enough money, you can consider to book the above offered hotels.
Besides, even though FIFA secure the number of hotels in Qatar, it is still not enough to accept all supporters from all over the world. So, they also prepares the accommodation plan that the supporters can stay in the luxury liner in Qatar’s ports. If that plan is still available, this would be one of your good choice!
Look for the hotel by yourself
It is already difficult to find the hotel by yourself. Now no available hotels in Doha during the period of the world cup can be found through the travel booking website such as Expedia, Agoda and so on. This is because originally the number of hotels is small is Qatar and, moreover, FIFA keeps the hotels as stated above. So it is difficult for supporters who wants to stay in Qatar with cheap price.
Stay in the country around Qatar
The 2.5 millions tickets for the games of the world cup have already been sold and this number is almost as same as the population of Qatar. (The population of Qatar is about 2.8 millions.) So originally it is difficult to accept all supporters only with Qatar even though they additionally make new hotels.
According to the above circumstances, FIFA also recommends supporters to stay in the country around Qatar.
UAE
The first choice is UAE that is 1hour far from Qatar by plane. The world highest building named Burj Khalifa is also popular in Japan.
From Japan, there direct flight to Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Besides, the relatively cheap plan including the flight and stay can be found through Expedia.
Based on the flight to Qatar, you should choose better city, Dubai or Abu Dhabi. As for the price of the flight from Dubai to Qatar, it is about ¥35,000, but if it is from Abu Dhabi, it will be ¥80,000. So I recommend you to stay in Dubai. (I also booked the hotel in Dubai and plan to watch the game between Japan and Costa-Rica.)
Oman
Another country that FIFA recommends is Oman. Oman is located at the end of Arabian peninsula. It takes more time from Oman than UAE, and it is 1 hour and 40 minutes by plane. However, there is no direct flight from Japan to Oman. So, staying in UAE is the better choice for Japan residents at the respect of time and price.
Day trip
If you feel scaled to stay in middle-east region but want to watch the world cup game, the final choice is day trip! In case of day trip, there is no direct flight from Japan but if you transit the plane at thailand, it is possible. (Actually it takes more than 24 hours.)
In this case, you can reach Doha at 11:20 and leave at 20:00. So you can watch the games that kicks off at 13:00 or 15:00. The price, which only includes the flight for round trip, is almost as same as the tour of purpose Japan that I introduced above. So it might not be realistic.
Summary
As the summary, if you will arrange the travel to watch world cup games,
- Apply the tour travel
- Stay in UAE
are the relatively best choice for you!
Thanks for reading.
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