Which is the richest country in the world today?
I believe that many people's first reaction is Dubai, Switzerland, the United States, etc., and will not think that there is a small country called Qatar with an area of less than 12,000 square kilometers in the desert region of the Middle East.
This is the richest country in the world, and it is also one of the countries in the world that "has no poor people". But know that Qatar before was not so rich.
A small desert country with "deep pockets"
Coming to the mysterious little country of Qatar is like drilling into a treasure cave, where the glow of luxury is everywhere, and people are surprised to open their mouths.
With a coastline of 563 kilometers and surrounded by the sea on three sides, it is a Gulf country.
In the past, Qatar was a very poor and backward country, and the capital Doha was just a small town that lived by fishing and shrimp fishing.
The houses of the residents are adobe houses or made of the leaves of the date tree. Due to the relatively backward economy, most people rely on pearl diving for their livelihood.
The work is very dangerous, often going as deep as 10 meters into the sea, and people die every year.
But in order to make ends meet, Qatari residents can only do so.
It wasn't until the discovery of oil in the desert that everything changed here.
Today's Doha shines brightly everywhere, with luxurious skyscrapers as if you were in Manhattan.
"The night does not close, and the road is not lost."
This kind of folk style is probably Doha.
Oil and gas resources are particularly abundant here, according to incomplete statistics, there are 2.5 billion tons of oil and 2.4 billion cubic meters of natural gas reserves, and the export volume of oil accounts for the third largest in the world and the first in the world.
In this way, countries that are measured in "billions" at every turn naturally spend money on "billions".
Qatar, in the case of airlines, is one of the fastest growing airlines in the world.
It invested $1 billion to upgrade the airport's hardware infrastructure, and then spent $40 billion to order aircraft, directly ranking among the best airlines in the world.
"Millions are not rich, hundreds of millions are just beginning."
This is a casual phrase from the local people of Qatar.
The Qatari government is very rich, and the living conditions of the local people will naturally not be bad.
Qatar has around 2.6 million people, a figure that comes after a sharp increase of 1 million over the past decade.
Only 12% of them are Qatari citizens, and the rest are all migrant workers.
About 1.5 million of these foreign residents come from South Asia, mainly India, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
It is followed by Southeast Asia, with about 400,000 people, mainly in the Philippines.
There are only two kinds of people in Qatar, one is rich and the other is rich.
The local welfare package is very complete, and Qatari residents hardly have to worry about birth to death.
The state reimburses medical treatment, and education from primary school to university basically does not cost a penny.
Not to mention work, even if you are unemployed, the state will give you a living allowance, and there is no problem with food and clothing.
What's more, working here only needs to work 3 hours a day to get high-tech, who would want to be unemployed?
So in Qatar, the annual unemployment rate is less than 1%.
The water and electricity used by the residents are all provided by the state, so they don't have to worry about daily life, and of course they don't take this money seriously.
After all, in Qatar, ordinary residents can own several high-end cars per family.
That's nothing, and private jets aren't unusual in Qatar.
Due to the relatively small land area of Qatar, the airport is also relatively small, and it is common for many people to buy private jets and spend a lot of money to store in foreign airports.
Rich or not, watch the trees planted in front of the door
In Qatar, it is impossible to judge whether a person is rich or not, and look at housing.
Because in Qatar, whether it is the capital Doha or any other area, the houses where residents live are basically high-style villas.
Not only is the floor area of the room similar, but even the color is similar.
Therefore, it is completely impossible to see the house and distinguish between rich and poor.
And there is such a simple way to see at a glance how much money this house has, that is, the trees planted around the house.
In Qatar, although the country is rich in oil, it is short of water.
There is not a single river in Qatar, and even wells rarely produce water, and fresh water is more precious than gasoline here.
Planting trees requires watering the trees, and even well-off families are difficult to bear this small expense.
So if there are a lot of trees planted around a house, this one must be super rich.
The average family basically lays a layer of artificial grass, and it is finished when it looks green.
The slightly richer ones also grow some more drought-tolerant date or palm trees.
Only wealthy families plant rows of trees around their houses.
Qatar is a typical tropical desert region, where trees planted may not survive even if there is water.
Some rich people who love trees, in order to be able to plant their own saplings, do not hesitate to spend a lot of money to transport soil from abroad, you must know that the roots of trees are deep and the leaves are luxuriant, and the roots of 10-meter-high trees also need about 10 meters.
If a tree is planted, the soil needed can be imagined, and this is all white flowers and silver!
Desert meets sea
Qatar is not only rich in oil, but also beautiful in scenery.
There are unique Arabian customs and historical and cultural monuments.
In addition, you can feel the natural beauty that you have never seen before: the sea in the desert.
Although Qatar is a Gulf country, surrounded by the sea on three sides, due to its geographical location, it is full of desert.
In the golden border, a touch of azure suddenly appears, the ocean and the desert of the wilderness, these two ultimate beautiful scenery blend together, who looks at it without saying a word: absolutely beautiful!
The Arabian Sea is calm and deep, and its unique geography has created the unique human characteristics of Qataris.
In the evening, the orange sunset sets over Saudi Arabia across the sea of sand, and the entire sky is shrouded in the colors of desert and ocean.
Although it is rich, it is not an "upstart", but a very connotative place, and most importantly, Qatar also exempts China visa-free.
When the epidemic dissipates, why not come here to see the romantic sunset over the desert inland sea and feel the unique Arabian style.
