What does the 2018 World Cup look like in numbers and facts?

According to FIFA, a week before the start of the world championship (on June 7) sold out more than 2.4 million tickets for matches. 872 thousand were bought by Russians, the rest were bought by Americans (88.8 thousand), fans from Brazil (72.5 thousand), Colombia (65.2 thousand), Germany (62.5 thousand), Mexico (60.3 thousand), Argentina (54 thousand), Peru (43.6 thousand), China (40.3 thousand), Australia (36.4 thousand) and England (32.4 thousand). The foreign flow is 54%, but by the end of the World Cup the figures may change.

 

On June 8, the sale of 120,000 additional tickets started, and they were sold out a few hours after the start of sales.

 

According to the calculations of the Ministry of Communications, foreign fans issued 550,000 FAN IDs. The leaders in the number of applications are the USA, Mexico, China, Colombia, Argentina, Peru, Germany, Brazil, Egypt. The number of FAN IDs, not tickets, shows the actual number of fans.

 

Free seats on the “football” trains were issued by citizens of 152 countries and autonomous territories of the world, including the Russian Federation.

 

The least visitors to the Championship will come from Somalia, Botswana, the Faroe Islands, the Netherlands Antilles, Montserrat, Åland Islands, North Korea, Belize, Mayotte, Guyana, Cocos Islands.

 

Compared to the 2014 Olympics, fans travel from 126 countries. Experts predicted an increase in passenger traffic of the capital’s airports by 30-40% compared to the 2014 Olympics.

 

According to tour operators, Moscow and St. Petersburg will receive the most guests. The capital of Russia will act as a transport hub for fans who will fly to Russia for games held in other cities.

 

In St. Petersburg waiting for 400 thousand fans (guests from Russia and foreign countries). Passenger traffic on international and Russian routes from June 11 to July 23 will be about 650 thousand people.

 

In Kaliningrad, 130 thousand people are waiting from 15 to 30 June, of which 60 thousand are Russians, and the rest are citizens of other countries.

 

About 130,000 foreign fans will arrive in Sochi.

 

In Yekaterinburg, 16,000-18 thousand foreigners and 9,000-11,000 Russians will visit each match.

 

In Volgograd, 160 thousand tourists are waiting for the championship, most of them - 120 thousand people - Russians.

 

In Samara waiting for the arrival of 110 thousand foreigners in Kazan and Nizhny Novgorod – up to 200 thousand fans (from Russia and other countries), in Saransk – up to 90 thousand foreigners.

 

Accurate information on the number of foreign fans who have arrived in Russia is not yet available, as this information is accumulated by the border service, it has not yet made public.

 

The main stream of fans, according to tour operators, will arrive a day before the start of the match. Within two days (the day before the match and on the day of its holding), the loading of hotels in the cities of the Russian Federation will reach 90-100%.

 

Average spending fans: air travel (price depends on the country of departure), hotel accommodation (about 30 thousand / night), a ticket for the match (from 105 dollars for foreigners; the maximum price of a ticket for the opening match is 550 dollars, the final is 1100 dollars).

 

The planned budget of fans is difficult to analyze, because most foreigners will use credit and deposit cards of their banks in Russia. At the place, fans will spend on food and souvenirs.

 

An impressive number of fans buy excursion service. According to the tour operator RZD-Tour, more than 20 thousand fans bought group and individual railway tours for the 2018 World Cup.

 

Most group tours are ordered from Latin American countries: Argentina, Colombia, Brazil. In second place are fans of the Middle East and Saudi Arabia. In the conditional third place are the citizens of China. Moscow-Saint-Petersburg transportation is in demand, and most of the organized transportation is on Sapsany. Flights between Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod and Saransk are popular.

 

Fans of the Argentine national football team have a 17-car tourist special train Nizhny Novgorod - Moscow.

 

The most popular service of fans is the organization of food on the train on the way lasting more than 8-10 hours. Tourists eat in the dining car on a prepaid menu or meals can be served immediately in the compartment.

 

According to information: atorus