Qatar wants to request the organization of the 2036 Olympic Games

The Secretary General of the Supreme Committee for Qatari Delivery and Legacy, Hasan Abdullah al Thawadi, assured this Wednesday, May 15, that his country has “the ability to organize the Olympic Games in the best way.”

“Qatar can organize the Olympic Games in the best way and we have already announced our desire to host the event in 2036,” he said during his participation in the Doha Economic Forum, although he assured that the decision falls to “experts .”

Qatar is seeking to follow in the footsteps of Paris, hosting the competition in 2024, Los Angeles (2028) and Brisbane (2032).

The last World Cup, the Qatari argument

According to Al Thawadi, the Persian Gulf country is “still reaping the benefits of hosting the football World Cup in 2022” and its infrastructure makes it “ready to host more events in all fields , not only in the world of sports.

Therefore, he requested that the country should “create more events that attract more tourists from outside Qatar.”

The Qatari official emphasized that his country aims to benefit from the projection associated with the organization of the competition with more international representation, and gave as an example the city of Barcelona, ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​1992 Olympic Games.

“When Barcelona hosted the 1992 Olympic Games, it was successful, of course, in the organization of sports, but it also benefited in terms of tourism, which has become a year-round destination for many today,” he acknowledged.

The impact of the Qatar World Cup has particularly affected tourism, which grew significantly last year and reached its peak during this year’s Asian Cup.

The World Cup hosted more than 1.8 million fans at the “FIFA Fan Festival”, the venue, with a size of 145,000 square meters and a capacity of 40,000 people, received an average of 70,000 visitors a day to watch the matches and Live performances by various artists from the international scene.