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Qatar plans to pitch 1,000 “Bedouin style” tents in the desert for World Cup football fans. The Gulf state hopes to attract 1.2 million visitors, equivalent to nearly half of its population, for the 28-day tournament in November and December. Bedouin are desert nomads who traditionally live under canvas, and the tents will spring up on the desert landscapes surrounding Doha to offer visitors an authentic taste of Qatari camping, said Omar Al-Jaber, head of accommodation at tournament organiser the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy. The tents will be supplied with water and electricity and have drainage systems, but...
