Saudi Arabia will host on Dec. 1, the largest camel festival of its kind in the world; which will run for 40 days, bringing together camel owners from the Gulf countries; the USA; Russia; and France in addition to the Kingdom.
The Camel Club, the organizer of the King Abdul-Aziz Camel Festival, also finalized preparations for receiving applications from interested participants; who will be also competing in the 19 categories of the competitions for all the six primary colors in camels; where all participants will be aiming for grand prizes exceeding SR250,000,000 in total.
The festival's management also opened the door for registration on its website https://kacf.camelclub.gov.sa, which ends on Nov. 16, 2021; provided the applicants meet the competition's technical criteria; including that the camels be electronically numbered by the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture; taking into account that the numbered camels in KSA amount to 1.4 million.
The festival, set up on an area of 32 square kilometers and located nearly 100 km north-east of Riyadh, will also include various entertainment and cultural activities to present it as a global carnival that provides around 5,000 jobs and stands as a destination for tourists from across the world with more than 100,000 visits a day.