With less than 80 days left for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, the West Bay North Beach Project is among the new tourism openings scheduled to launch before the tournament. This was highlighted by Qatar Tourism on social media, noting that the project is an extensive new tourism development, covering 40,000sqm of a premium beachfront in the heart of Doha. "The public and private beach areas will offer three distinct beach experiences with a wide variety of food and beverage offerings, to create an exciting city-beach experience for everyone to enjoy," Qatar Tourism said. According to a recent report in local Arabic daily Arrayah, the Supervisory Committee of Beautification of Roads and Public Places in Qatar is working on the project, which is located along the business district in Doha and is just 10 minutes away from West Bay Metro station and adjacent to a number of leading shopping outlets, parks and hotels. The Supervisory Committee will set up cafes on the beaches with a unique and modern design with an outdoor space overlooking them. Within each service building there will be toilets, changing rooms, separate prayer rooms for men and women and showers to serve the restaurants and beach visitors. The project also includes children's play areas, and beach play areas such as volleyball and beach soccer. The distinctive design lighting network and quiet night lighting is supported by advanced technology, including surveillance cameras and Wi-Fi. The area combines a public beach and 12 private beaches operated by a number of hotels in one location on an area of 60,200sqm, along 1. 5km. The total length of the sandy beach is 1. 2km and divided into three main parts, including designated places for practising beach and marine sports, and beach bath areas. All beaches also include direct entrances to many restaurants and service kiosks, including changing rooms and shower facilities. The West Bay North Beach project will be characterised by the presence of three service buildings and nine open plazas. There are 900 parking spaces, in addition to 305 parking spaces along the service road to serve the beach goers as well as residents of the area. There are 60 parking spots for bicycles, in addition to 35 parking spots for people with special needs. The West Bay North Beach project will provide visitors with facilities to walk, jog or cycle using pedestrian and cycling paths along 2km. A total of 100 cycle parking racks will be provided along this route, in addition to shaded paths with natural plantation and green spaces. Additionally, the beach is provided with a 1. 5km long and 8m wide walkway, including rest areas, and connected directly with restaurants, shower facilities and changing rooms. The distinct location of the beach at West Bay North was chosen to be an attractive touristic destination. The beach is connected to two main streets that include many hotels, some of which do not have beach access. Visitors of these hotels and people visiting the area will be able to enjoy beach services through the West Bay North Beach Project as it will provide public transport service to and from the beach through 36 stations.    .