Lack of entertainment costs Kuwait its shine

Lack of entertainment costs Kuwait its shine

By Sahar Moussa

KUWAIT: Khaled woke up early on Friday morning to the sound of his energetic son who wanted to go outside and play. But Khaled was confused because he didn’t know where to take him to. He eventually decided to take him to the mall for the third time this month. Leisure options are very limited nowadays, especially after a lot of entertainment places closed in Kuwait.

On his way to the mall, Khaled recalled all the places he used to go to when he was a child, such as Entertainment City, Shaab Park, Showbiz, Aqua Park, the zoo, the ice skating rink, sea clubs of Touristic Enterprises Company, Marah Land and others.

“Whatever we had is closed now – all we have now are malls,” said Youssef, a Kuwaiti father of two. This is the case of many parents in Kuwait, who are struggling to find proper and decent places for their children to play, other than going to malls.

Nine-day holiday

A Kuwait Times survey on social media revealed 89 percent of respondents said there are not enough entertainment places in Kuwait. Since the government announced a nine-day holiday on the occasion of National Day, Liberation Day and Israa and Meraj,