The Ministry has
organised numerous exhibitions at home and abroad
over the years. In the latter half of 1999, Oman was
represented at the 15th International Book Fair in
Damascus, and at International exhibitions in Frankfurt
and Cairo. In April 2000, the Sultanate participated
at the 10th International Book Fair in Abu Dhabi.
The Ministry was involved in a number
of other cultural activities which took place in Turkey, France,
Austria, Lebanon, Jordan and Holland. At home, the Ministry
organised an exhibition of archaeological finds at the Qurum
Cultural Club in February 2000 and in March participated in
the fifth International Book Fair in Muscat which was attended
by about 450,000 people. Nineteen countries were represented
by around 400 publishers at the ten day event. In April 2000,
the Ministry participated in the Omani-Kuwaiti Cultural Week
held in Qurum. Salalah Khareef Festival
Visitors of Salalah during Khareef seasons
enjoy Salalah Khareef Festival and its various activities
such as cultural, art, sport, heritage, contest
and shopping activities. This year the organizers
of the festival have gathered various programs.
This will add lot of changes and modernization look
as well as excitements elements to the event. It
will also attract the visitors and make them extremely
happy. The program has been designed to suit all
tastes and ages and fulfill all wishes and needs.
Salalah
Khareef Festival (The family meeting place) is
an important festivity event that accompanies
Khareef festival every year. The festival fulfils
the needs of all visitors with its surprise programs
art, sport, cultural, promotional, tourism, social
and heritage activities. There are singing concerts
in wich famlous singers from Gulf and other Arabic
countries are invited to particpate.In the previous
years, Salalah Khareef Festival achieved a large
success. It offered various activities and festivity
programs to its visitors. Such facts emerged it
to appear as one of the famous festival worldwide.
The event
keep on attracting large number of tourists and
visitors who visit the region to interact with the
superiorrity of Khareef season and enjoy its innovations.
The organizers of Salalah Khareef Festival care
for the event to be one of the most splendid events
in the region, that soars toward the spacious horizons
and offers great opportunities for families to meet
and enjoy.
