Nearly 1.2 million tickets were sold for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar after the second round of sales, according to Hassan Al Thawady, general secretary of the organized High Committee on Delivery and Legacy, at the Qatar Economic Forum on Wednesday. .

Organizers of the first World Cup in the Middle East reported receiving 40 million entries: 17 million in the first stage of the sale and 23 million in the second, many of which were rejected.

Doha, home to an estimated 2.4 million people, is preparing for a huge influx of visitors due to the difficulty of getting hotel rooms, and it has announced more than a solid bridge to several Gulf states. to facilitate the travel of fans to and from Qatar for one day.

Last week, organizers said they plan to set up 1,000 traditional tents in the desert to receive visitors.

The FIFA International Football Association announced at the end of March that more than 800,000 tickets had been sold in the first round of sales.