The Qatar tournament of the football World Cup (World Cup) will start on November 20, 2022. While the media of the countries participating in the tournament reported the movements of the national teams day after day, the Korean media criticized the “Fan Village” accommodation facility set up for fans by the tournament organizing committee.
“Fun Village” is a container-type, tent-type accommodation facility, and according to reports, a container-type room costs about 29,000 yen per night and comes with a bed, a shower room and a bathroom. There are eight hospitality establishments in Japan that can accommodate approximately 26,000 people.
Games organizing committee “There are enough accommodation facilities”
Korean sports media “Sports Seoul” (WEB version) published an article in “Fan Village” on November 16th. The article is written from the unique perspective of a reporter who covered an on-site container-type accommodation facility.
The article said, “It was worse than I expected,” and fans around the world were outraged by the news that not only was this accommodation in a poor environment, but it cost $207 (about 29,000 yen) a night. out that is showing
The accommodation facility interviewed by the journalist is a container-type structure located about 40 minutes by car from the city of Doha. There were no restaurants or grocery stores in the area and in the eyes of the reporter it looked more like an evacuation shelter during a disaster than a lodging facility.
Also, the room is small and there seems to be no space for fans visiting from overseas to unpack. He concluded: “There are strong doubts as to who among the visitors will visit such a poor and expensive fan village.”
According to Qatar’s local media “Al Jazeera” (WEB version), Omar Al-Jabal, executive director of the accommodation department of the organizing committee, said, “There are enough accommodation facilities, so you can enjoy the tournament even if you come now. And of course you can choose from each of the available accommodations.”
