The offer of tourist packages destined for Qatar floods social networks. In fact, the quotes in the agencies have doubled and tripled in recent weeks and, since yesterday, even more so after the tie in the match between Ecuador and Peru with which the aspirations of the local team to reach the World Cup are more and more concrete.
Agencies display promotions that range from 8 to 17 days for values around $7,000, this being the cheapest at $50,000, which includes finals. These include five-star accommodation, transfers from the hotel to the stadiums, breakfasts and dinners, and tours of the interior of Qatar, as well as the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, and Bahrain.
Also, on the web, there are other firms that offer packages for 10 days with the option of leaving from Madrid, Bogotá, Miami or Sao Paulo. Options of this type are around $12,000 per person.
Tourist packages for the Qatar World Cup go on sale and these are the prices for Ecuadorians
José Luis Saab, manager of mega toursHe said that as Ecuador has improved its position within the group stage, the demand has increased. The firm went from receiving four requests for daily quotes to processing more than 40, after the team’s last win against Chile, which was in November 2021. Currently, the marketing of the packages is with five travel wholesalers nationwide.
Saab explained that due to high demand and low availability of beds in Doha, the capital of Qatar, customers are being told to make their reservations early. The firm offers packages from $7,692, for a one-week stay per person in a double room, up to $50,720, which includes admission to the semifinal and final matches, in a single room in five-star accommodation.
The projection of Megatours is that with a classified selection the trip of at least 1,700 people is projected. “Eventually, if other selections don’t qualify, inventories would be increased on later days,” Saab said.
Alexandra and her husband, for example, have traveled to three World Cups. Germany was the first to attend in 2006. For the first World Cup, the couple was in Spain doing a doctorate and they chose to attend the World Cup traveling from that country.
“We liked the experience so much at that time that we decided to save money when we returned to Ecuador to attend again”, that is how they later traveled to Brazil in 2014 and Russia in 2018. In the latter they were accompanied by their eight-year-old son.
Alexandra says that four years ago she started saving to attend the World Cup in Qatar and, last year, she already paid for the trip with her husband for this year. “We already canceled our package in advance in December for about $22,000 between the two of us, we are not going to stay for the entire World Cup; but we will be about eight days in which we will visit Turkey and Dubai”, said the 45-year-old woman.
Given the demand, some tourism companies opened new options and quotas for the World Cup. Ramiro Cueva, director of Ecotel Travel, He stated that a first option valued at $8,900 that was offered since last year has ended. There were 105 places available in that first phase. The 17-day package, among other benefits in addition to traveling to Qatar, included a visit to the United States, Turkey and the Maldives.
“After the match with Peru, from 11:00 p.m., social networks began to receive requests for quotes,” said Cueva, who explained that the demand has increased since the end of 2021 due to the possibility that Ecuador will be one of the chosen countries. for the cup For this reason, the firm opened two options on its Qatar 2022 World Tour package on Monday.
The new packages have slight changes, one of them is that the visit to the Maldives and the United States is removed; but Israel, Greece and Spain are included. “There are clients who have attended three or four World Cups and insist that they not be left without quotas,” said Cueva.
Ecotel Travel has carried out this type of sports tour since the Japan-Korea World Cup in 2002.
Jorge Valle, on the other hand, began to list at the beginning of the year in various agencies to travel to the soccer world cup, but Just yesterday he pre-cancelled his tour. “I had contacted three agencies in Guayaquil and Quito, but only one granted me payment facilities until November and included admission to four games,” said Valle, who paid $5,600 to an agency in Quito.
Meanwhile, Marcela Martínez continues in the request for quotes. One of the options that she does not rule out is to purchase a tourist package from Colombia or Peru and from there make arrangements to attend one of the matches. “So far I have traded in those two countries and the packages are at least $2,000 cheaper,” she said. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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