PANAJI: Fans from all over the world are in line online for the FIFA World Cup 2022 tickets with the body for world football receive 2.3 million applications until Monday.
More than 1.2 million tickets requested by fans around the world in the first 24 hours of the initial sales period.
Since then, the number of those who are looking for traveling to spectacle sports in Qatar has increased exponentially.
“Until Monday morning (January 24), FIFA had received 2.3 million ticket applications for the FIFA 2022 World Cup Qatar,” FIFA TAI spokesman said on Monday.
Many applications have come from fans in India, which are geographically closest to the World Cup staged in Asia for the first time in 20 years.
According to FIFA, India is the seventh on the list “The top 10 countries with the stay are Qatar, Argentina, England, Mexico, the United States, UAE, India, Germany, Brazil and Saudi Arabia,” FIFA spokesman said.
FIFA kickstarted the first period of sales during fans can apply for their ticket application at any time until February 8.
Tickets will be allocated after the closing of the ticket application period.
“In cases where the number of tickets applied to exceed the available ticket supplies for the domestic and international markets, tickets will be allocated by the random choice draw process,” FIFA said in a statement.
Qatar will be the smallest country to host the World Cup and is expected to attract more than one million fans for the late spectacle this year.
The Qatar Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, Local Organizers of the 2022 World Cup, said SC Accommodation Agency program which includes hotels, hotel apartments, Serviced Apartments, Cruise Ship hotels and Fan Village will provide up to 130,000 rooms, or a total of 3.64m rooms.
“For many people, Qatar’s image is a rich country, a place that is expensive, but we have different solutions, different choices,” said Fatma Al Nuaimi, Executive Director of Communication, the Supreme Committee of Qatar.
“People might think there are only five star hotels here, but we have a variety of choices that fans can choose from.
There are five-stars, three stars (accommodations), apartment services, camps in the desert and cruise ships that will Acting as a temporary accommodation.
” Thirteen countries have booked their place for the World Cup which will begin in Qatar on the 21st