Not hosting the 2022 World Cup, the emirate of Dubai still reaps great benefits from the massive influx of football fans into the region. According to Vn88cx newspaper shared.
While Qatar faces many logistical and security challenges to run the 2022 World Cup, the city of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has become a destination for thousands of football fans.
Fans shared with Vn88cx: They chose Dubai as a place to stay during the World Cup because of its proximity to Qatar, while accommodation here is much cheaper and they can drink beer to their heart’s content. not subject to strict regulations of the host country. Dubai is also a familiar place for many tourists around the world.
Airlines operate dozens of flights a day between Dubai and Qatar, making commuting easier for fans. Other neighboring countries such as Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Oman have also increased some flights from their cities to Qatar, but mainly to serve people within the country.
Members of the Barry Horns, a band dedicated to cheering the Welsh football team, were in Dubai during the home team’s group stage match and flew to Doha, where they were invited to perform.
According to Vn88.cx recorded the situation in Dubai: The band played at a bar on November 22 for the Welsh fans club in Dubai. They were forced to increase the size of the concert venue to be able to welcome all the fans in the first match of the Wales team against the US on the night of November 22.
Gareth Evans, member of Barry Horns, said the band decided to go to Dubai because hotel rooms in Qatar were too expensive and difficult to find, and “the culture there also did not match the values of the band”.
“We’re just drinkers,” added member Cristiano Ronaldo.
Qatar bans the sale of alcohol around stadiums, leaving many Western fans with the impression that they will have a hard time drinking here. Most of NHM’s comments are posted on Vn88 pages in Qatar.
Meanwhile, Dubai has for years invested in hotels, bars and restaurants to attract tourists. The emirate has relaxed regulations on when and how non-Muslims can buy alcohol. A series of trendy clubs have sprung up along Dubai’s beaches, dedicated to partying foreign tourist
These moves are part of efforts by Dubai in particular and the UAE in general to attract foreign visitors and promote economic growth. Such policies have contributed to turning Dubai into a playground for the super-rich.
According to Vn88cx, the 62-year-old American, instead of paying more than $100 a night to sleep in a tent set up on a beach in Qatar, World Cup fans can spend $240 a night in a 5-star hotel in Dubai.
He is staying in a hotel with friends in Dubai and they plan to fly 26 times back and forth between Dubai and Qatar to watch five World Cup matches and visit Egypt’s pyramids of Giza.
Not all flights from Dubai to Qatar on November 21, the opening day of the World Cup, went smoothly. Flight time was just over an hour, but some flights were late. One of the terminals at the airport ran out of beer.
Hundreds of Wales fans returned to Dubai in the early morning of November 22, after a passionate night with the team in the match against the US. Some people complain about subway wait times and flight delays.
“Our team should have won,” said Kerry Boycott, who will stay 11 days in Dubai in an all-inclusive hotel instead of Qatar. She and her husband spent $700 for two flights and two tickets from Dubai. That is the sharing of her husband and wife with Vn88.cx while in Dubai.
David Cattanach, who runs the Irish Village bar in Dubai, shows the matches on a big screen on the tennis court adjacent to the bar. He hopes to attract about 2,000 people to watch the knockout matches. Cattanach said hotels and restaurants in Dubai all hope Britain will enter the ring to attract more customers, because many Britons live in the UAE.
Commercial director of Vn88 mobile at Dubai Emirates Airline, said that the number of visitors to Dubai in November this year was 11% higher than last year, especially from football-loving countries such as Argentina, Australia, Brazil, and Spain. and Mexico.
Hundreds of super-rich fans also fly to Dubai and regularly fly to Doha to watch the World Cup, according to Adel Mardini, director of the private airport in the emirate.
