Sunday 15 / December / 2024
Muscat: Approximately 220,000 visitors have visited Al Ashkharah Atmosphere Forum from July 5-24, 2023.
On Monday July 24, 2023 evening, the activities of the Al Ashkharah Atmosphere Forum were concluded in the Niyabat of Al Ashkharah in the Wilayat of Jaalan Bani Bu Ali in the South Al Sharqiyah Governorate. Its activities began on July 5, with the participation of various government agencies and private institutions.
The days of the forum witnessed a public turnout that reached approximately 220,000 visitors, as it included 40 events and activities in the fields of heritage, entertainment, tourism and culture. In addition to a group of dazzling performances, which were well received and praised by citizens, residents and visitors from inside and outside the Sultanate of Oman.
The forum included a number of pavilions, most notably the heritage corner, which reflected the way of life in the past through the heritage tent to display ancient folk arts, heritage competitions, palm fronds, games and traditional clothes that the governorate is famous for. In addition to displaying some traditions of the people of the sea, fishing tools, nets, silverware industries, traditional ornaments, and shipbuilding.
A number of governmental and private agencies also participated in various pillars. The Department of Heritage and Tourism in the Governorate of South Al Sharqiyah participated in an interactive tourist awareness corner aimed at introducing the visitors of the forum to tourism information about the Wilayat of Jaalan Bani Bu Ali in particular, and about the Sultanate of Oman in general.
The unified tourism stations that were held in conjunction with the forum, since its inception in the Wilayat of Al Kamil and Al Wafi, and the Niyabat of Ras Al Hadd in the Wilayat of Sur, witnessed a variety of cultural, recreational and tourism events and activities that attracted visitors and tourists.
