By tradition, the Mexican people have been one of the most passionate about soccer. To show a figure: even though it cost a Mexican 140,000 pesos to attend the World Cup in Qatar 2022, Mexico was the 5th country in the world that purchased the most tickets for World Cup matches, 91,173 to be exact, according to FIFA data.
Even with the threat of recession and inflation, which in the first half of October was reported at 8.53%, close to 100,000 Mexican fans attended the Qatar 2022 World Cup, according to Federal Government figures reported by the newspaper Marca. And they remained at the foot of the canyon supporting the National Team at all times, until the end of yesterday, November 30, when it was eliminated from the World Cup.
Meanwhile, a TikTok user was interested in knowing what some of the Mexican fans who attended the World Cup were doing and these were their responses.
Mexican engineers, those who attended the World Cup the most
TikTok user @cesarvegaeconomista asked several Mexicans outside a stadium in Qatar what their professions were.
The most frequent profession among the respondents of this user was engineering, among which were a cabinet engineer, a geophysical engineer, an aerospace engineer, an industrial engineer, two engineers who did not reveal their specialty.
Another of the most frequent professions among the Mexican fans surveyed by this user were those who sell insurance, with 4 people mentioning that this is their job.
Respondents also included:
- two merchants
- a teacher
- a real estate agent
- a housewife
- a person engaged in construction
- a person who is dedicated to fishing and selling shrimp
- a grocer
And the entrepreneurs?
Entrepreneurs could not be left behind, they were the second most frequent occupation among the Mexican fans that this TikTok user surveyed:
- an entrepreneur in a tortilla-making machine business
- an entrepreneur in a gas business
- an entrepreneur in a financial construction company
- two entrepreneurs in a transport business
Other interesting facts about Mexican fans in Qatar 2022
In another video on his channel, César Vega also did the exercise of asking how much Mexican fans had spent to go to the World Cup in Qatar. The answers varied depending on how long these fans had already been in Qatar:
- 170 thousand pesos for 11 days
- 100 thousand pesos for 10 nights
- 30 thousand pesos for 3 days (a Mexican living in Arabia)
- 220 thousand pesos for 7 days
- 120 thousand pesos 5 days
- 100 thousand pesos for 8 days
- 200 thousand pesos for 15 days
- 200 thousand pesos for 15 days
- 250 thousand pesos for 20 days
Although according to the survey of this TikTok user, in some cases the cost of stay exceeds 200,000 pesos, the average remains between the aforementioned 140,000 pesos.
What do you think of these data? What do you think of the possibilities that certain professions can offer you and, of course, undertake?
Editorial Team The editorial team of EMPRENDEDOR.com, which for more than 27 years has worked to promote entrepreneurship.
