DOHA Doha Qatar 4K. Sights, Economy and World Cup 2022

 

Oh living the good life in Qatar welcome

guys hey guys and in this video we're

gonna talk about one of the smallest

countries in the world but it has the

highest per capita income in the world

we're going to talk about Qatar and its

capital Doha

where's Qatar located it's located on

the peninsula and the Persian Gulf it's

area is 11 and a half thousand

kilometers which is about half the size

of the state of New Jersey the

population of the country is 2.8 million

people and the population of its capital

Doha is nine hundred and fifty six

thousand people today Dell has known for

its futuristic skyline and modern

architecture inspired by Islamic design

such as the limestone Museum of Islamic

art before coming here I had this

impression that everyone here must be

extremely wealthy and that every other

guy has a Ferrari well of course is no

shortage of luxury cars in the streets

as well as villas and yachts but not to

the extent that I was expecting in fact

after two days I only saw one Ferrari hi

hi welcome to guitar the locals here

make up about 15% of the population

while the remaining 85 are foreign

workers the population is growing

rapidly high salaries and the oil

tourism and construction industries are

attracting a lot of foreigners first

let's point out some cultural aspects

guitars legal system is a mixture of

civil law and Sharia law for example

adultery is punishable by 100 lashes Wow

that must hurt in some cases Sharia

based family courts treat the woman's

testimony as being worth half that of a

man also polygyny is permitted if you

are in Qatar you're one of us says a

sign urgent tourists - dressed modestly

and I agree a little bit of respect will

go a long wait

foreigners should avoid

displays of affection and women should

keep their shoulders and knees covered

alcohol consumption is limited and it's

limited to some five-star hotels that

are allowed to sell it this hotel

Sheraton grande with a distinct pyramid

shape was the first five-star hotel in

the city built all the way back in 1979

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today the business district of Doha the

West Bay Area looks futuristic and it's

best seen from knish promenade this

spectacular promenade stretches for

seven kilometres along the

crescent-shaped Bay you can take a boat

ride in the traditional dole boat should

be fine but surprisingly the streets

feel so empty why is that I think is

because the city was designed for

motorists you either drive here or you

use a taxi pedestrians are clearly not

the biggest priority to cross the road

sometimes you have to wait for like five

minutes for the traffic light to change

it's kind of frustrating

what's the recent history of Qatar in

the 19th and early 20th centuries Qatar

was part of the Ottoman Empire

later it was under the Protectorate of

Great Britain until it claimed its

independence in 1971 so fifty years ago

the main industries were fishing and

pearl huntin there is even a large

oyster in Pearl statue on the south end

of the Corniche

but all of that changed once they

discovered oil today oil and gas

industries account for 55 percent of the

country's GDP Qatar is likely to have

1.5 percent of the world's proven oil

reserves and 13 percent of the world's

natural gas reserves it's also the

world's largest exporter of liquefied

natural gas gas at the pump station is

affordable it's even cheaper than in the

UAE forty five cents per liter or one

point six dollars a gallon

the current Emir of Qatar is 2min bin

Hamad Al Thani and you can see his

portraits on many buildings actually

he's pretty young he's just 39 years old

those who are interested in the world

news are probably familiar with Al

Jazeera news network but few know that

it was founded here in 1996 by the

Qatari government in June 2017 Qatar

found itself in the middle of a

diplomatic crisis when Saudi Arabia

along with Bahrain Egypt in the United

Arab Emirates and some other countries

severe it all ties with guitar claiming

that Katara was supporting some bad guys

and military groups aimed at

destabilizing the region they closed off

their air spaces territorial waters and

land borders to Qatar Saudi Arabia even

wanted to go as far as building a water

canal that would separate the two

countries and actually turn Qatar into

an island Qatar denies all of those

claims it's politics so it's gotta be

controversial so I'm not taking sides

meanwhile Qatar is in full swing

preparing to host the greatest football

event in the world World Cup

2020 - it's a huge responsibility this

will be the first World Cup ever to be

held in the Arab world matches will be

held at eight stadiums seven of them are

being built from scratch but what about

the alcohol restrictions you might ask

what are the football fans gonna do with

that beer at the time of the

championship the sale and consumption of

alcohol will be legalized but mostly

limited to fan zones because Doha has a

hot desert climate and temperatures in

the summertime can easily reach 50

Celsius for the first time in history

the World Cup will be held in November

and December this in front of you is a

giant statue of Horry the aurochs that

was the mascot for the 15th Asian Games

which took place in Doha back in 2006

the stadiums will be connected by the

Metro which was specifically built for

the World Cup the metro was opened in

May 2009 and it's fully automated for

now it has three lines and 37 stations

but eventually doha Metro will have four

lines and around a hundred stations for

the entire network

we're in Qatar and we're trying to use

the subway let's see if we can do it

three adults Whitney so yeah okay now I

got a paint all right they told me it's

possible to pay with the card I'll see

if I can do that for one u.s. dollar you

get three point six local currency okay

take your travel cards great beautiful

agama cards

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let's go train cars have different

classes standard class family class and

gold class one trip in standard class

cost about half a dollar if you decide

to explore and and just jump on the

subway and travel a few stops away from

the city center the Metro will be

traveling above the ground and all you

can see from the window is the endless

desert road intersections and oil

refineries Qatar is working hard to make

it a popular tourist destination they

had 1.8 million international visitors

in 2018

the cruise industry continues to grow at

a rapid pace with guitar welcome in 31

ships in 2018 which was an 83 percent

increase compared to 2017 at the same

time Qatar Airways operates a

hub-and-spoke network linked in over 150

international destinations from its base

in Doha so when you come to know how

what are the sights what are you going

to do well you can start off by visiting

Qatar cultural village it's a huge

cultural City made in the style of old

Arab buildings that has museums and

galleries there are a lot of sculptures

and installations and the City Beach

another location you might want to visit

is the Pearl of Qatar built on reclaimed

land it's a high-end luxury

neighbourhood that features

Mediterranean style your client marinas

luxury residences and hotels as well as

top brand name boutiques cafés and

restaurants walk around the prominent

and you'll see rolls of yachts moored on

the pristine water you can also take a

water taxi cross the porter or a BIA

Marina I found it a bit strange again

that there weren't too many people there

so it felt like being on a film set

the cool thing about this island is that

it will feature the world's largest

district cooling plant it's going to be

a hundred and thirty thousand Thanh

district chilled water plant that will

serve the cooling needs of all buildings

on the island this is one of the few

areas in Doha where foreigners are

allowed to buy real estate as a bonus

they're automatically granted residency

which extends to the owners family for

the whole duration of the ownership how

are you good good

just to give you a price range a

two-bedroom apartment at Seaview will be

around four or five hundred thousand

dollars

what a lovely weather I love the birds

singing it's quiet it's peaceful

welcome to Qatar winter this is what it

looks like it's really comfortable it's

about 21 Celsius it doesn't really get

too cold here but just wait till March

comes then it's gonna be extremely hot

and during the summer time it's gonna be

50 and above Oh got to get out of here

before that Doha will surprise you the

last thing that I was expecting to see

was an 88 hectare park called aspire

park and it's the biggest in Doha it's a

huge park with fountains a pond and some

workout spot

nice boxing now would you believe this

is guitar I mean 20 years ago this was a

desert and now you see all those parks

and people exercising wow that is

impressive

hi all I've come to Qatar is wonderful

price we're here ok so you can enjoy a

lot of here ok

all right that's tough luck in the

evening it's a good idea to visit some

traditional markets like sake this is my

spelling Oh your favorite yes because

star is dark on dark a star is shining

I'm also dark now saying thank you from

India you from India okay that's a good

place to shop for some souvenirs it also

has a lot of nice-looking traditional

architecture and it gives you an idea

what the city might have looked like

many many years ago prices are usually

negotiable so practice your bargaining

skills there are a lot of restaurants

some shisha bars an area you know it's a

typical thing in this country to find a

shisha bar and smoke some fruit flavored

tobacco cross the road you can visit

Museum of Islamic art calligraphy

Islamic patterns jewelry and textiles

from three continents make up its vast

collection with some of its items dating

from the 7th to the 19th centuries

the population of the city is small and

the expat community is even smaller new

arrivals can easily make friends by

taking up a sport or starting a

conversation with the neighbors excuse

me is this a CrossFit training

no no just no more kind of bootcamp

training oh just like circuit training

bootcamp stuff oh cool cool 30 seconds

left

it's warrior fit warrior fit wear if it

was that yeah a new gym opening in

Laguna mo we do outdoor and then we'll

do indoor once the gyms open awesome

Thanks

shopping malls seem like the obvious

choice when you want to escape from the

heat one of the most well-known is the

Venetian inspired Bellagio mall which

has over 200 stores however its endure

canal is the main attraction here you

can take Akintola ride and look up at

the painted blue sky with scattered

clouds

another popular shopping mall is city

center Doha it's the largest in Qatar it

offers a large and diverse shopping

experience and it has a multiplex cinema

a bowling alley and even an indoor ice

skating rink some of the favorite

activities for locals include camel

racin which take place in the wintertime

and spring when the heat goes down the

countries surrounded by the sea so what

a sports are a must safari tours to the

desert with dune bashing and Land

Cruisers are also popular are you a

tourist alright what brings you to Qatar

actually over I left three hours later

now I have a 14 hour layover before I

fly off to JFK so my thought was come

downtown start at the National Museum of

Islamic art get

kind of lay of the land from there and

then walk along the corniche all the way

to city center and then to the pearl the

beach and hopefully see some a pretty

sunset and do some shopping along the

way good back to the airport did you

know much about guitar before coming

here literally nothing I know obsession

with architecture and art and I know I

have a lot of friends who are Islamic

and who practice Islam so I know that

that's important here and then I read

about solo female travelers in Doha

specifically which was it's safe dress

appropriately and be respectable right

so I thought I'll be fine awesome

awesome well enjoy your time thank you

Qatar has a staggering income and very

few citizens the income from oil enables

the government of Qatar to provide its

people with a number of social welfare

benefits these include free health care

and housing paid for partly by the

government on education is free and

scholarships are available to qualified

students for study abroad or at the

University of Qatar the biggest

challenge for Doha is the heat some

local building companies have

implemented various forms of cooling

technology to Olivia the extremely

torrid climatic conditions Qatar is very

safe with low levels of even petty crime

many people try to compare Doha with

Dubai indeed this comparison makes sense

their starting points are very similar

lots of oil money and the desert of

course Doha is not there yet but the

city is doing his best to narrow the gap

the construction is in full swing and

many new sites will be open for the

World Cup knowing how much they want to

impress the world I think it can be done

Doha is another example of how with the

right strategy in mind and the resources

to back it up you can turn any place on

planet Earth even the desert into a

thriving city of the future

and what do you guys think about Doha

and Qatar