5m visitors enjoy Riyadh Season in 5 weeks

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There have been 5 million visitors so far to Riyadh Season 2022 following its launch on Oct. 21. (Supplied)
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There have been 5 million visitors so far to Riyadh Season 2022 following its launch on Oct. 21. (Supplied)
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Updated 29 November 2022
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5m visitors enjoy Riyadh Season in 5 weeks

  • Events, experiences, exhibitions, and concerts have attracted visitors from inside and outside the Kingdom

RIYADH: There have been 5 million visitors so far to Riyadh Season 2022 following its launch on Oct. 21.

The entertainment zones, events, experiences, exhibitions, shows, plays, concerts and cafes have attracted visitors from inside and outside the Kingdom.

The season has combined originality with modernity and history, through activities that have provided visitors with options that include the travel experience of Boulevard World, and Qariat Zaman, a window into Saudi’s past.

In addition, the season has featured many specialist attractions, including the Rush Festival, the largest gaming event in the region, and Anime Town, the biggest of its kind in the world.

Riyadh Season 2022 features 15 diverse entertainment zones, and many sporting events such as World Wrestling Entertainment, and the Riyadh Season Cup that brings together the giants of Paris Saint-Germain with the stars of Al-Hilal and Al-Nasr football clubs. The season also boasts 65 days of fireworks.


Iran welcomes any process to prevent war, president tells Saudi crown prince in phone call

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed ‌bin ‌Salman and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. (File/SPA/AFP)
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Iran welcomes any process to prevent war, president tells Saudi crown prince in phone call

DUBAI: Iranian President ​Masoud Pezeshkian told Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed ‌bin ‌Salman ‌in ⁠a ​phone ‌call that Tehran always welcomes any ⁠process, ‌within the ‍framework ‍of international ‍law, that prevents war, ​Iranian media reported on Tuesday. 
Pezeshkian also told Prince Mohammed that the “unity and cohesion” of Islamic countries can guarantee “lasting security, stability and peace in the region.”

The president added that US threats against the Islamic republic would only result in instability.
“The threats and psychological operations of the Americans are aimed at disrupting the security of the region and will achieve nothing other than instability for them,” Pezeshkian told Prince Mohammed, according to his office,