Khareef fest wins award for family tourism
SALALAH — The Salalah Khareef Festival has won the award of the best festival in the Middle East for promoting family tourism. The award was announced at the Conference on Efficiency of Strategic Management of Festivals held recently at the World Trade Center in Dubai.
Sheikh Salim bin Aufait Al Shanfari, chairman of Dhofar Municipality and chairman of the Main Committee of Khareef Salalah Festival 2007, expressed his greetings to His Majesty the Sultan on the blessed occasion of the Renaissance Day on July 23, and extended thanks and appreciation to the minister of state and governor of Dhofar, the media and the officials concerned for the efforts which led to the award.
He said in a statement that the Khareef Salalah Festival had significantly relied on the natural, historical and cultural aspects of the Sultanate reflecting the Omani identity and heritage. The festival attracts an increasing number of visitors every year, he added.
He said that the opening of the festival activities would be held at the Lake Theatre of the Municipality Creational Centre, adding that the activities would include several interesting and new sections with the participation of some 900 members of troupes, students, members of the Omani Women Associations, the scouts and the local troupe and Omani singers.
He said that the Lake Theatre of the Municipality Creational Centre would witness active participation from folk troupes from the AGCC states, Yemen and Iraq and an exhibition including some 300 displayers from the AGCC states, Arab and European countries.