DOHA: There was a huge turnout for entertainment and cultural events held during the Eid Al Adha while many have requested organisers not to limit such event for the festival season.
Qatar Tourism Authority organised different events for the four day Eid holidays at many locations across the country and they received considerable number of visitors.
People liked the way how events were organised and have requested organisers not to limit such events for Eid but to continue such events regularly especially to development the tourism industry in the country, reported an Arabic daily.
QTA held events in collaboration with Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage, Katara, Souq Waqif, Qatar Museums Authority, Sawt Al Rayyan and q.media.
Special Eid events attracted large crowds at places like Katara, Heritage Village, Aspire Zone, the Museum of Islamic Art and major malls in addition to the Qatar National Theatre and Al Rayyan Theatre. Mohamad Essa Al Jabor, supervisor for activities at the heritage village said that they received over 300 visitors during the holidays until midnight especially families and children.
Furd Shakdan, marketing manager at Hyat Plaza said, “for the last three days we received more than 90,000 visitors, I strongly believe that this shouldn’t be limited for Eid. This is raising business at shopping malls and people are enjoying. Some were even waiting for more than an hour for events to begin. Such events could be organised during spring and winter when we experience the best weather to develop tourism,” he added.
Abu Sari, member of the Lebanese band playing at different locations of the Eid events said that every place attracted huge number of people.
The Peninsula
