The Qatari Experience in the Field of Sports Tourism: "World Cup 2022 as a Model"
Abstract
Sports tourism is considered one of the newest and most important types of tourism. It is an
economic, artistic, and social topic among the modern changes in societies, where countries have
invested in numerous opportunities and infrastructure to significantly attract sports tourism and
effectively contribute to stimulating tourism movement both domestically and internationally. Today,
sports tourism is one of the most important tools and mechanisms for attracting tourists, which
benefits the economy.
This study aims to explore the Qatari experience in the field of sports tourism, specifically
focusing on the 2022 World Cup. Sports tourism in Qatar played a prominent and vital role through
its hosting of the World Cup, attracting millions of tourists from all over the world.
The research was divided into two axes. The first concerns basic concepts about sports
tourism, and, and through this point we address the concept of sports tourism, categories of Sports
Tourism ,Types of Sports tourism ,Components of Sports Tourism, and Benefits of Sports Tourism ,
The second is sports tourism in Qatar “World Cup 2022”, where we discuss here the reality of the
sports sector in Qatar , Revenues from the FIFA World Cup 2022 ,Impact of Hosting the FIFA World
Cup 2022 on Tourism in Qatar ,Economic Impact of Hosting the FIFA World Cup 2022 on Qatar ,
Impact of Sports Hosting on the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar.
The research reached a number of results, the most important of which are Hosting the FIFA
World Cup in Qatar is a unique opportunity to catalyse positive development in the country in many
different areas, and the unique success of this edition of the World Cup, as well as opening the way
for the development and expansion of the public tourism and sports tourism sector especially in Qatar.