Mexicans dream of the fifth game
The presence of Mexican fans is a constant in the World Cups; According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE), more than 60,000 Mexican fans will travel to Qatar between November and December of this year to witness at least one of the three safe matches that the Mexican team will play in Qatar.
The round of 16 will begin on December 3 and Mexico has a chance of moving on to this phase, according to a mathematical model from the University of Oxford. However, it would face France in this instance, in which 100,000 simulations carried out by artificial intelligence give Mexico a mere 38.9% chance of defeating the Gauls, current world champions.
Despite this, according to an analysis carried out by Despegar, the leading travel company in Latin America, Mexican travelers are among the top 5 Latin American tourists who traveled the most to Doha to attend the 2022 World Cup.
- Brazilians
- Mexicans
- Argentines
- Colombians
- Peruvians
“Latin American tourists are the most frequent to travel when it comes to sporting events, especially if we talk about the soccer World Cup and now that there is a new moment in world tourism, the flow of travelers from Latam in Qatar will be very important. ”, commented Alejandro Calligaris Country Manager of Despegar Mexico.
Regarding how Latin American travelers paid for their trip, in the specific case of Mexican tourists, financing was key so that fans could accompany and support the Mexican team in Qatar.
“The possibility of gradually paying the total cost of their trip and a wide variety of means of payment have helped Mexicans to attend such important sporting events as the World Cup,” the manager concluded.