Now that the FIFA World Cup has reached its final phase, four teams are ready to go ahead for the ultimate gory.

From here on, it becomes important to see how to evaluate the FIFA World Cup event held in an Arab country for the first time. Amid all the allegations and criticisms, should this event be considered a success or has it become a fight for money and prestige?

Supporters of the teams are the lifeblood of the football world cup. With Qatar estimating that 1.5 million foreign visitors will travel for the event, which runs until December 18, 2.89 million tickets have been sold and the number of overseas supporters after the first round has crossed almost 1 million.

In a bid to attract more football fans and make entry easier, Qatar has changed its entry rules for ticketless visitors from December 2. For this edition, Qatar has done something which has probably never been done before by any host country.

Normally, a fan needs a visa to visit the host country to watch his/her team play in the World Cup. But this time Qatar is not issuing any visa to anyone coming during the tournament. Hayya card booking is enough for entry into Qatar.

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The Qatar Civil Aviation Authority (QCAA) announced that the first week of the FIFA World Cup recorded more than 7,000 flights, a historic event for a small country like Qatar.

Since the start of the tournament, there has…