Saudi: Abha Summer Festival kicks off on 4th August
The Abha Summer Festival 2022, under the slogan of “Above the Mountains,” will be kicked off in the Sama Abha region on Thursday, 4th August, 2022. The events of the festival, which would run through until Sept. 24, will be held in six entertainment areas, on a total area spreading over 126,000 square meters.
Festival Director Hatem Al-Harbi said that all the event venues are geared up to receive the visitors and that is with the support of a number of government agencies in the region. He said that the festival enjoys the support and keenness of Emir of Asir and Chairman of ASDA Prince Turki Bin Talal. The emir has given direct instructions to all government and service sectors to provide everything that would facilitate access to the sites of events with field activation of the goodwill initiative under the slogan of “Your guest is a guest of all of Asir.”
There will be more than 1,000 job opportunities for local people in the fields of organization and event management. They will be provided with the necessary expertise in the fields of tourism, entertainment and marketing.
The festival creates an entertainment and tourist destination for the visitors, who can have access to the festival by booking tickets electronically via the Spirit of Saudi Arabia platform. There will be 3,000 car parking spaces in the courtyards of King Khalid University in Qoraiqer in addition to 2,000 parking areas opposite the festival ground, apart from 400 parking lots for the senior citizens. There will be shuttle bus services to and from the event grounds.
There are facilities to visit more than 24 cultural heritage sites scattered in the governorates of the region.
