Football fans will pay £9.98 for one pint at World Cup in Qatar

Soccer followers heading to Qatar for the World Cup will already be shelling out 1000’s on tickets, flights and lodging.

However they will count on to have much more holes burned of their pockets in the event that they fancy a drink whereas they’re on the market.

Not solely is the Center Jap nation house to some questionable human rights, it additionally has the doubtful title of getting the world’s costliest beer.

In line with a examine of 195 international locations, Qatar’s common pint prices £9.98, greater than double the UK’s value of £4.07.

United Arab Emirates just isn’t far behind in second place at £9.94 a pint, whereas Oman has are available in third at £7.97.

All three are Muslim-majority international locations, the place there are strict legal guidelines and taxes on alcohol.

Alcohol isn’t unlawful in Qatar – however ingesting in public just isn’t allowed and being drunk in public is against the law.

Guests to Qatar should purchase alcohol from licensed resort eating places and bars in addition to a single, state-owned off-licence that requires a allow on the market.

If you will Qatar this winter, you can find booze-friendly fan zones and alcohol on the market in stadiums – although at present solely to these with hospitality packages.

There’s additionally the opportunity of Qatar permitting extra flexibility round alcohol guidelines in addition to cut-price beers throughout the event, circumnavigating the so-called ‘sin tax’ that makes beer so costly within the nation.

Followers who went to the 2019 Fifa Membership World Cup in Qatar, which Liverpool gained, might purchase a beer for £5 within the official areas.

Chief government of the 2022 World Cup Nasser Al Khater advised alcohol can be made accessible to visiting followers, saying in 2019: ‘Alcohol just isn’t a part of our tradition. Nonetheless, hospitality is.

For the World Cup, we need to be sure that alcohol is obtainable for followers that journey from overseas that need to have a drink whereas they’re right here.’

The price of alcohol is being mentioned too, he stated. ‘We recognise there is a matter with value.’

Qatar had beforehand added taxes of 100% to alcohol, although these have now been lowered to 20-30%.

The most costly pint in Europe might be present in Norway at an eye-watering £7.90, in accordance with the Finder.com examine.

However cut price booze hunters might be positive of an inexpensive evening out in Burundi, East Africa, the place a pint will set you again 59p.

That will get you 17 pints for a similar value as one in Qatar.

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