12月2日，世界杯主办权揭晓，卡塔尔获得了2022年世界杯的主办权。这个中东小国的旅游局官员们开始将关注重点转移到提高酒店投入。
      卡塔尔政府计划增加三星级别和四星级别的酒店数，而这些正是卡塔尔目前所欠缺的。卡塔尔旅游局的材料显示，今年年初卡塔尔三星级、四星级酒店拥有的客房数不足4000间。五星级酒店情况稍显乐观，大约有4000间客房。卡塔尔政府的目标是在2022年世界杯到来之际，全国至少要有9万间客房可供使用。
      根据卡塔尔方面报道，今年上半年卡塔尔的酒店入住率是61%。卡塔尔旅游局预期今年约有42家酒店开业，但是经过10月份修订后，新开业的酒店数定为28家。

      Following December 2nd’s announcement that Qatar will host the 2022 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament, tourism officials in the small Middle East state are turning their attention to increasing hotel inventory.
      Qatari officials plan to focus on adding hotel stock in the 3- and 4-star categories, which are not enough currently. As of the start of this year, Qatar had fewer than 4,000 guestrooms operational at those star levels, according to Qatar Tourism Authority. The 5-star hotel segment is slightly better represented, with about 4,000 guestrooms. Tourism officials are aiming for at least 90,000 guestrooms in operation by the start of the 2022 tournament.
      Qatar occupancy was 61% for the first half of this year, up from 59% year over year, QTA reports. QTA had anticipated about 42 new hotels to open this year, but estimates revised in October now peg that figure at 28.