ACCOMMODATIONS

The World Cup is expected to attract more than one million visitors, but by March Qatar only had
30,000 hotel rooms, 80% of which had already been booked by Fifa for football teams, officials,
and sponsors.
To boost accommodation options, the organizers are offering shared rooms in empty apartments,
villas, fan villages and traditional-style tents in the desert.
Two cruise ships are being converted into floating hotels that will be moored at Doha's port. All
these measures are expected to add up to 70,000 rooms to the market.
In a statement to the BBC, the country's Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy said the Gulf
state would deliver up to 130,000 rooms in time for the tournament.
Despite this announcement, accommodation options on the ground in Qatar are scant and
expensive.
Refabricated cabins at so-called fan villages built in the desert on the outskirts of Doha are being
sold as a budget option. They are priced at $207 (£184) per night and many fans say they are not
worth the money.
Anas Filali, who is flying in from the United States, says there are no affordable options for budget
travellers like him.
"Two hundred dollars for those cabins at the fan village... is just too expensive. Airbnb rooms are
ridiculously priced too. I am hoping to find some cheaper options once I get there," he says.
The BBC requested access to visit the fan villages, but permission was declined by the authorities.
The sites are reportedly still under construction.
Locals have been allowed to host fans at their homes, but at hefty prices. On the room-rental site
Airbnb there are hardly any options for less than $200 a night.
Leo Caglilio, who is travelling from Australia with his brother-in-law, is paying $265 a night for a
private room in a family home. He says he never faced the issue of finding an affordable room
when he went to Brazil for the 2014 World Cup.
"This time it has been really stressful. We had been looking since April, but the price never really
came down," he says.

Find the synonyms, they are all in the text. Then write a sentence with the new word.

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contest
periphery
downturned
heavy
cheap
Answer the questions
 1. Why are visitors of the World cup 2022 in Qatar concerned about accommodation?
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2. What different options will be offered?
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3. What do people say about the price?
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4. Why couldn’t reporters from BBC visit the fan-villages?
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5. Are the fan-villages ready ?
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6. Are the offers on Airbnb more advantageous?
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7. What are some people going to try concerning accommodation?
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8. Are you a football fan?
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9. What country are you from? Does you country have a chance to win?
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10. Would you like to go to Qatar for the World cup? Why? Why not?
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11. Let’s imagine you are a football fan and would like to go, what accommodation would you
chose? Why?
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12. If you could afford it, would you pay any price to have a nice room?
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13. Some people sell properties or spend all their economies to go to a Word cup? What do
you think about that?
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14. Who is your favorite football player? Where is he from?
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15. Which countries are the favorites?
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Find the synonyms, they are all in the text. Then write a sentence with the new word.
 Synonym Sentence
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anchored moored
insufficient scant
contest tournament
periphery outskirt
downturned declined
heavy hefty
cheap affordable