KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality on Wednesday launched its awareness campaign regarding the establishment of spring camps under the slogan "The camp is yours and the righteousness is for your family, preserve it” on the occasion of the approaching start of this year’s camping season. The season begins from Nov 15 until March 15, 2024. The Director of Public Relations and the official spokesman for the municipality, Muhammad Al-Mutairi, said in a press statement that the campaign aims to educate citizens and residents by introducing the places in which camping is permitted, which was officially approved by a committee to study and update camp sites and identified them in 15 distributed locations.
There are eight sites in the northern mainland areas and seven in the southern sites, he said stressing that camping is not allowed outside them. Al-Mutairi called for the necessity to be aware of the steps for reserving and issuing a camp license via QR code through the official website of the municipality to receive requests. Camp owners are required to pay a fee of KD 50 and a deposit of KD 100 to obtain a temporary license and place in a prominent place in the camp.
He added that the campaign is intended to create awareness in the streets of the governorates showing the importance of maintaining the cleanliness of camping sites, not harming the environment and wildlife, adhering to the conditions and regulations of camping and educating citizens and residents through various visual media.
It was reported that 183 advertisements were installed in various governorates, 17 of which were in Al-Jahra governorate, 22 in Mubarak Al-Kabeer, 24 in Farwaniya, 32 in Al-Ahmadi, 42 in the capital, and 46 in Hawally. — KUNA