What does the container hotel of the Qatar World Cup look like?
What does the container hotel of the Qatar World Cup look like?
As the host country of this World Cup, Qatar has a permanent population of only 2.9 million. However, during the event, 1.2 million to 1.7 million tourists from around the world will flock to Qatar. How to arrange shelter for these people will test the management wisdom of the organizers.
In this context, the organizers of the Qatar World Cup proposed a solution for temporary container houses. In the local "fan village", there are 6,000 such houses, and the price of each room per night is US$200 (about RMB 1,400).
There are 12,000 container houses from 6 Chinese manufacturers in this World Cup, and all have been delivered in October.
The configuration of the rental house, the price of a five-star hotel?
The 2022 Qatar World Cup will start at 0:00 on November 21, Beijing time. The seven cities hosting the event are Doha, Lusail City, Education City, Al, Khalifa, Sports City and Umm. Although there are many participating cities, the number of hotel rooms is far from meeting the huge number of tourists during the event. Take Doha, the capital of one of the host cities, as an example. As of June, the city had only 90,000 hotel rooms.
Public reports show that in the face of the pressure brought by the limited city size and the number of hotels, Qatar has proposed a plan to meet the diverse accommodation needs of tourists, including providing temporary residences such as "tent cities", container houses, and cruise floating hotels. Among them, container houses are the most popular.
The 12,000 container houses manufactured by Chinese manufacturers in this World Cup are mainly for athletes, coaches and fans to stay in, of which about 6,000 are for fans.
The organizers of the Qatar World Cup recently introduced that the price of these movable temporary rooms in the "fan village" is US$200 per night, and there are also supermarkets, restaurants and other facilities in the village.
In the general perception, containers mean simple decoration and poor experience, which is in sharp contrast to the price of US$200 a night, which is not cheap. Some netizens even joked that this is "the configuration of a rental house and the price of a five-star hotel." So, what does this container house look like inside?
The assembled container houses will be used as athlete apartments, each with an area of 18 square meters, single room, including a separate bathroom, a small luggage cabinet, a bar, a bed and two windows. It is also understood that the container houses for fans are single or double rooms, similar to the aforementioned athlete apartments, and also have separate bathrooms and other configurations.
The price of $200 per night, which has caused heated discussions, is considered "reasonable". Considering that this is a short-term investment, short-term benefits, and there are certain comprehensive construction costs, this price is still reasonable during the game.
Public reports show that going to Qatar to watch the World Cup will indeed face higher accommodation costs.
In addition to the $200 per night for container houses, living in tents costs $80 per night (about RMB 560), and the prices of apartments and private homes often range from $80 to $1,500 (about RMB 10,500). The price of a five-star hotel is as high as US$5,000 (about RMB 35,000) per night, while the price of a two-star or three-star hotel is between US$500 (about RMB 3,500) and US$2,000 (about RMB 14,000).
150 sets are produced in one day and shipped to Qatar in 15 days
In fact, mobile houses made in China are very popular overseas. Alibaba International Station's August cross-border index shows that the online GMV of China's mobile houses has increased by 117% in the past two years. "Ready-made houses" and "expandable container houses" have become hot search keywords, and the search volume has increased by about 8 times.
In the past, there were two main challenges for exporting "big guys" like mobile houses overseas. One was that the logistics cost was too high, and the other was that it was difficult for the purchaser to assemble the goods after receiving them.
In the past, a 40-foot container could only hold 6 mobile houses. It cost 70,000 yuan to ship them from Guangdong to Indonesia, accounting for 50% of the selling price. Adding the production, after-sales and marketing costs, the profit was minimal. Now, the company has optimized the volume of its products. A 40-foot container can hold 18 sets of prefabricated mobile homes, and the logistics cost alone has been reduced by 60%.
Not only Chinese container houses, but also more Chinese-made products have entered the Qatar World Cup. As netizens jokingly said, "Although the Chinese men's football team missed the game, the World Cup is indeed dominated by Chinese-made products."
On November 9, the Qatar Central Bank launched a special edition commemorative banknote for the 2022 Qatar World Cup. The commemorative banknote pattern includes the Lusail Stadium, the main stadium of the World Cup built by China Railway Construction International Group.
In November 2016, China Railway Construction won the bid for the construction of the Lusail Stadium. The stadium is located 15 kilometers north of Doha, the capital of Qatar, and can accommodate 92,000 spectators. It will host important events and competitions such as the semi-finals, finals, and closing ceremony of this World Cup.
