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The FIFA World Cup is the largest single event sports tournament in the world by a<br />

considerable margin and will put Qatar on the world map. Qatar‘s hospitality sector<br />

and tourism sector expects it to help boost the Gulf state into becoming a preferred<br />

destination for international tourism while reinforcing its reputation as a mass nation<br />

for major sports events. Qatar National Vision 2030 includes the government‘s first<br />

national sports sector strategy, a plan determining the importance of sport, not only<br />

to the country‘s business, leisure interests, and tourism, but also in support of the<br />

population‘s health. The future use of the event‘s facilities should also provide good<br />

inheritance opportunities to other industries like education, health, real estate etc.<br />

In Qatar, a determined infrastructure building programmed has been in place since<br />

2004 to build more competition fields, neighborhood playgrounds and cultural<br />

centres. Before deciding on whether to build new facilities, the option to use, coshare<br />

and co-locate with existing sports facilities should first be considered as a<br />

matter of due diligence.<br />

By maximizing usage and increasing access to existing venues, the quantity and mix<br />

of sports facilities that are available to the public can be increased without the need<br />

for heavy capital expenditure. Public policy needs to consider both access and use<br />

of sports venues and public parks, to ensure the best possible environment is made<br />

available for people to be physically active.<br />

In order to better inform policy, the Qatar government proposes the development of a<br />

National Sports and Recreation Facilities Master Plan to systematically collect and<br />

analyze data related to sports and recreation facilities. An inventory of national<br />

sports facilities will help Qatar:<br />

a. Develop a network of accessible, high quality open spaces and sport and<br />

recreation facilities, which meet public needs, are fit for purpose and are<br />

economically and environmentally sustainable;<br />

b. Determine an appropriate balance between new facilities and the<br />

enhancement of existing facilities; and<br />

c. Promote these facilities locally and internationally for future revenues.<br />

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