There Is A Difference For Locals And Tourists For Qatar 2022 World Cup Ticket Prices

2022 World Cup (Photo: Marca)

JAKARTA - The Qatar World Cup will only be held at the end of 2022, but access to ticket purchases has been opened since January 19 yesterday. Football lovers can already hunt for tickets in advance.

However, football lovers must also be careful in hunting for tickets. The reason is that the ticket prices for the Qatar World Cup are differentiated for local residents and the international community who want to watch live football events in the Middle Eastern country.

Local residents will benefit because tickets are sold at a cheaper price than ticket prices for foreigners or tourists. For example, for tickets for the category four preliminary round matches, local residents can get tickets at a price of 11 US dollars or around IDR 987 thousand.

Quoted from Marca, when compared to the exchange rate in previous years, the ticket price will be the cheapest since the 1986 World Cup.

At the World Cup title in Mexico, tickets are priced at 3 US dollars. Meanwhile, for the same ticket at the 2018 World Cup in Russia, it reached 22 US dollars.

Still from the same source, the low ticket price tag for local people is allegedly to provide access for the low-paid migrant worker population. Meanwhile, for foreigners or tourists, there is a decrease and increase in prices.

The cheapest tickets sold in general for foreigners are for the three group stage matches, which reach 69 US dollars or equivalent to IDR 992 thousand. However, the price tag is also the lowest price since the 2006 World Cup.

Meanwhile, for the price of category two timets, the price remains unchanged from the previous World Cup price, namely, 165 US dollars or around IDR 2 million. The increase actually occurred for tickets for the qualifying match category which are now selling for USD 220 or at IDR 3 million.

There was also a decrease in ticket prices for category three round of 16, but there was an increase in ticket prices in categories one and two.

Another thing with tickets for the top party. Ticket prices to watch the Qatar World Cup final have even increased by 46 percent compared to the top match four years ago which brought together France and Argentina.

Tickets for the final match in Qatar are sold at a price of 1.607 US dollars, equivalent to IDR 23 million. Meanwhile, during the final in Russia, the ticket price was priced at 1100 US dollars.