The World Cup in Qatar ended perfectly on the 19th.

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[Sports Center/Comprehensive Report] After Argentina won the championship, the Qatar World Cup ended perfectly on the 19th. Foreign media pointed out that Qatar’s income from hosting the World Cup this time was about 17 billion U.S. dollars (about 521.4 billion Taiwan dollars). (about 6.2 trillion Taiwan dollars), there is a huge gap in expenditure, but looking forward to the future, it can still bring considerable economic benefits.

In order to host the four-year football event, Qatar invested a huge amount of money to build and renovate the stadium, plus transportation, restaurants and other infrastructure expenditures, a total of 200 billion U.S. dollars was spent. This figure is very different from the past. In 2018, Russia The World Cup expenditure is about 16 billion U.S. dollars, the 2014 Brazil World Cup cost about 20 billion U.S. dollars, and the 2010 South Africa World Cup expenditure was only 7 billion U.S. dollars.

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Although Qatar spends a lot of money to host the World Cup, and now its revenue is only 17 billion US dollars, it has suffered a huge loss, but the British media "Middle East Monitor" pointed out that in the long run, it can still drive economic growth. The biggest beneficiary of the World Cup, it is believed that under the impetus of the World Cup, Qatar's economy will grow by 3.4% in 2022 and 2023."

According to the report, about 5 billion people around the world watched the World Cup, and about 40 million tourists may visit Qatar in the future, which will increase considerable income for the tourism industry.

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