KUWAIT: Thefour-month camping season in Kuwait kicks off on November 15, when the Kuwaitidesert, amid the moderate weather, would host camping fans and leisure seekers.Kuwait Municipality is kicking off the season, promoting a new site forcamping; the eastern bank of Kuwait Bay at the other end of Sheikh JaberCauseway that stretches across the sea waters, linking up the bay two banks.
Fahad Al-Qraifah,in charge of public cleanliness and road works at the municipality, said thatthe new camping location has been chosen for easy accessibility, noting that itis far from military installations and high-tension cables. Public servicescenters and security checkpoints will be erected close to camping sites, hesaid, reiterating that people cannot camp at locations that have not beenchosen by the authorities.
Camping fans canregister their names as of the 15th of this month via a dedicated website, witha KD 50 fee and repayable sum of KD 300. A camper will be allowed to use a1,000 square meter plot of land. The Sheikh Jaber Causeway is one of the latestnational accomplishments, envisaged within the New Kuwait Vision 2035development strategy.
It is designed topave way for decentralization and establishing new residential districts. Manypeople have been eager to enjoy the camping season, as the weather has turnedquite with the maximum temperatures currently in the 30 degrees' range. - KUNA