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Kuwait will be a Huge Travel Destination in the Next 10 Years

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Based on data from the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), the home swapping site “Love Home Swap” compiled a top 50 up-and-coming countries to watch list and Kuwait came in #15 as a new and upcoming holiday destination. Business Insider has even picked up the story further adding to the credibility of the list. So strange, check out the top 50 destinations [Here]

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It’s not a cruel joke, we just need to legalize booze

booze attracts tourists, Kuwait has a better coast than UAE/Qatar

Since Kuwaitis are the most open-minded Gulf Arabs, I think kuwait can become a tourism hub like before the Gulf War. Before the Gulf War, Kuwait was the most developed country in the Gulf.

The problem is, Kuwait has a Parliament whereas UAE/Qatar lack political participation among citizens, therefore alcohol is legal in UAE/Qatar even though Emiratis/qataris are much more conservative than Kuwaitis.

If UAE and Qatar had actual parliamentary system like Kuwait, then alcohol wouldn’t be legal in UAE/Qatar. Kuwait’s main problem is the political participation among citizens.

If we get rid of the parliament, then alcohol will be legal. Kuwait is in serious need of diversifying the economy, so the parliament is really impeding economic growth.

Yes, really.

I’m surprised that you don’t know this.

99.9% of Qatari/Omani/Saudi/Emirati women wear the black abaya because in those societies, it’s not socially acceptable for local women to not wear the abaya

In Omani/Emirati/Qatari societies, the local women who don’t wear the abaya are labeled sluts by society

Among the Gulf states, Kuwait has the highest percentage of local women who don’t wear the hijab

2. Highest percentage of local women who don’t wear the abaya

3. Highest percentage of local women who work (50% of Kuwaiti women work)

4. Highest percentage of local women studying at foreign universities abroad

5. Highest percentage of locals dating (openly)

6. Highest percentage of locals wearing Western style clothing

Throughout the Gulf, if you ask Emiratis, Qataris, Bahrainis, Saudis and Omanis who are the most liberal Gulf Arabs? They all say that Kuwaitis are the most liberal Gulf Arabs

Kuwait has a Parliament with legislative powers, therefore Kuwait doesn’t have legal booze. If UAE/Qatar/Bahrain/Oman had actual parliaments, then booze would be illegal in those countries

“Throughout the Gulf, if you ask Emiratis, Qataris, Bahrainis, Saudis and Omanis who are the most liberal Gulf Arabs? They all say that Kuwaitis are the most liberal Gulf Arabs”. This is 100% true. Bottom-line is this….if Kuwait legalized liquor, not one GCC would raise an eyebrow in the Gulf, in other words, no one would be surprised.

So you saying that women whom wear abaya are close minded!
the parliament is reason why we dont have alcohol? Before the invasion alcohol was illegal, and there was no parliament.

The Government is the reason we don’t have alcohol.

Forget the parliament part. The Government isn’t elected and the ministers are all appointed by the Emir/monarchy.

Women who wear abaya aren’t close-minded, but ‘open-minded’ means open to changes. The abaya is traditional clothing.

Seriously?

1. Visit universities in UAE, Oman and Qatar: observe the clothing of the local females. 99.9% of the local females are wearing the black abaya. Ask Emiratis, Omanis and Qataris, they will all confirm that.

2. Visit all of Bahrain’s university campuses, observe the clothing of the local women. Visit all other parts of Bahrain that are frequented by local citizens. 95-99% of the females are wearing black abaya and black hijab

3. What percentage of Bahrainis attend private schools? 5%-10% of Bahrainis attend private schools (this is confirmed). Most Bahraini girls at private schools don’t wear the hijab, so around 10% of Bahraini girls don’t wear the hijab.

4. Visit Oman, look at the local women. All Omani females wear the black abaya and hijab. In Omani society, the women who don’t wear the abaya are labeled sluts… it’s like haram.

I know. that made me laugh too. The Bahrainis are generally way more tolerant – you know unless we are ignoring massive sections of Kuwaiti society

Bahrainis are much more conservative than Kuwaitis

Bahrain has a higher percentage of local women wearing the abaya than Kuwait does

Recently, I visited Bahrain University campuses and I spent 20 hours observing the clothing of Bahraini women

At Bahrain University, even Engineering and Medicine, the local women were all almost always wearing the black abaya

Bahrain’s universities rarely had any local women without the hijab. Kuwait University and Kuwait’s private universities (AUK, GUST, AUM, ACK) have a higher percentage of local women without the hijab than Bahrain universities

Bahrain has a higher percentage of local women wearing the abaya than Kuwait does

Bahrain also has a higher percentage of local women wearing the hijab than Kuwait does

We’re not ignoring massive sections of Kuwaiti society. It is widely acknowledged among Gulf Arabs, that Kuwaitis are the most open-minded Gulf Arabs

Are you a Gulf Arab?

Ask Qataris, Emiratis, Omanis, Saudis and Bahrains: Who are the most liberal Gulf Arabs? They will all say that Kuwaitis are the most liberal Gulf Arabs.

You laugh at the notion that Kuwaitis are the most open-minded Gulf Arabs, because you’re not a Gulf Arab therefore ignorant of Kuwaitis and their way of life compared to other Gulf Arabs (Saudis, Omanis, Bahrainis, Qataris, Emiratis).

Among Gulf Arabs, it is widely acknowledged that Kuwait has the highest percentage of local women who don’t wear the abaya and don’t wear the hijab.

Bahrainis are not more tolerant than Kuwaitis.

The Bahraini Parliament wants to ban alcohol, Bahraini MPs are obsessed with banning alcohol. The Bahraini Parliament has tried to ban alcohol since 1970.

One time, the Bahraini Parliament proposed introducing strict implementation of Sharia Law in Bahrain.

One time, the Bahraini Parliament proposed introducing Sharia Law female dress code in Bahrain.

Once time, the Bahraini Parliament proposed introducing a death penalty for those who curse the Prophet and his companions

bahrainis are way more racist than kuwaitis

south asians arent legally allowed to live in residential areas of bahraini families

racial segregation is institutionalized in bahrain

south asians attacked by bahraini youth every week

so what you trying to say is all that, the key to getting tourism is only by legalizing alcohol….

i guess we need a lot of more things then alcohol,

People here all drive like women, and what if they legalize booze? We’re all screwed. If you know what I mean.

I could see it happening, because so many people move out but come back to visit their families. Historically Kuwaitis didn’t move away very often but it’s something they’re increasingly open to doing these days.

No. It’s not impossible.

Kuwait can re-invent itself. We just need to legalize booze, that’s about it

Kuwait has a better coast than UAE/Qatar

It is impossible!!!

it’s not just about booze.. the people have to be open to changes. they will have to throw the aana Kuwaiti attitude out..
open bars & pubs.
legalise parties.
hold international ebtertainment events.. (when was the last time some really cool DJ came to Kuwait)
may be get a F1 track..

in short.. the Kuwaiti’s on top should want to make this a touristic place.
(they should allow everything the Kuwaities usually do outside Kuwait or behind secret doors to happen openly)

with so much restrictions, conservativeness, arrogance & attitude it is impossible to achieve.

Kuwaitis are the most open-minded people in the Gulf. Conservativeness is irrelevant. Kuwaitis are the least conservative Gulf Arabs.

Kuwaitis are open to changes, the problem is the government. If UAE/Qatar had a government like Kuwaiti government, there wouldn’t be any booze, night clubs and open bars/pubs in UAE, Qatar

If Qatar/UAE had actual parliaments, then Qatar/UAE wouldn’t have legal booze, open pubs and bars, night clubs and international entertainment events

DJs do come to Kuwait and at ”The Wanted” concert last weekend, most of the audience were Kuwaitis. When Rihanna did a concert in Abu Dhabi, most of the audience were Kuwaitis.

If you ask the average Qatari, Emirati, Omani, Bahraini: who are the most liberal Gulf Arabs? They all say that Kuwaitis are the most liberal

Most Gulf female actresses and musicians are Kuwaitis. Most Gulf male actors and singers are Kuwaitis.

What you’re saying makes no sense. The parliament is elected by the people so if the parliament are against alcohol etc then that means the people are.

I’m saying that if Bahrain/Oman/Qatar/UAE had actual parliaments, then the world will see that those people are much more conservative than Kuwaitis

I don’t recall Kuwait’s parliament voicing opposition to legalizing alcohol. The Kuwaiti government banned alcohol in the 1960s. There were also never any proposals to legalize alcohol in the parliament.

Emiratis and Qataris are VERY conservative, they are much more conservative than Kuwaitis

But UAE and Qatar have good governments that actually care about diversifying their economies, therefore UAE and Qatar governments legalized booze, night clubs, parties, open pubs and bars

The problem in Kuwait is a government that has no desire to diversify the economy. The government has set a development plan, but has made no effort to implement the development plan.

The development plan includes a tourism industry.

The problem isn’t with the Kuwaiti people. Kuwaitis are the least conservative locals in the Gulf Arab region.

If Qatar/UAE governments were controlled by the same people controlling the Kuwaiti Government, then there wouldn’t be any tourism in Qatar/UAE

Kuwait’s Government is dictatorial and made no DESIRE to implement any reforms. The Kuwaiti parliament is democratically elected, but still heavily manipulated by the Government.

If Qatar and UAE had parliaments, there wouldn’t be booze and the Qatari/Emirati parliament would have introduced compulsory Abaya female dress code for all women because Qataris/Emiratis are very conservative.

Qatar and UAE are autocracies that lack political participation among citizens, hence you don’t know what the Qataris/Emiratis really feel about booze and nightclubs in their country. Whereas Kuwait has actual political participation among citizens, where there are elected MPs belonging to different sects and ideologies (Islamist, liberal, moderate, Shia, merchant, nationalist etc.).

Do Qatar and UAE have elected MPs? No

I don’t see why Kuwaitis should throw out the ana kuwaiti attitude, nothing wrong with moderate patriotism. As long as we are polite about it obviously. Otherwise I agree with everything else you said,Truth is and I might get some backlash for this I’m not sure we should call kuwait an islamic country for the simple reason that we cannot force people into Islam and Islamic customs. it makes no sense if people follow our customs not because they are convinced with our beliefs but because they fear the consequences of not doing so

Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.
-Albert Einstein

Patriot: the person who can holler the loudest without knowing what he is hollering about.
Mark Twain

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.

George Bernard Shaw

To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography.

George Santayana

And the ‘Ana Kuwaiti’ attitude is what destroyed this country in the first place

Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.

George Jean Nathan

Or simply the Merriam Webster definition of Patriotism:

” love that people feel for their country”

It’s not impossible.

Kuwait, once developed correctly, can be the central hub in almost anything, mainly trade as well. We have no taxes, shops are relatively cheap compared to other Arab states, gas is cheap, food is cheap. 20KD can get you a really long way, whereas 500 AED can’t do you shit.

Legalizing booze, setting up tourist hotspots, cleaning Downtown Kuwait from the filth and closing up those ghetto shops and make it a classy downtown (Which is already really looking good compared to L.A lol), fancy resturants and coffee shops, world wide clothing brands and whatnot, you’ll see tourists and Russians flooding in. Especially if they focused on Beach side, we have way better coasts and swim-able beaches compared to Dubai/Qatar/Bahrain.

All that is missing is proper execution.

BUAHAHAHAHAHAH!!

In all seriousness now, when you have a list of “50 up and coming countries in the next 10 years”, just do the math:

193 countries on the planet, of which over a third are at war, have some form of unrest, or are generally unsafe. A bit over a third as well are already tourist hotspots (Europe, North America, Australasia, and a few countries in Asia and Africa and South America) and so they cannot make it into the “up and coming list”. You’re left with about 60 countries in the middle, so when you take criteria such as political stability and wealth, Kuwait will make the list.

However,if you conduct a survey with people living in Kuwait, then I guarantee Kuwait would tie with Somaliland as a hotspot.

Every weekend, Kuwait attracts thousands of Saudi, Emirati and Qatari tourists

Some of Kuwait’s hotels sometimes get overbooked with Saudis, Qataris and Emiratis during weekends

Qataris are very prevalent at Grand Avenues

Kuwait also attracts Bahraini tourists, last weekends there were hundreds of Bahrainis here.

Shopping at Avenues, 360, Marina, Al Hamra

They say that the malls in Kuwait are better than the malls in KSA/Qatar/Abu Dhabi

They also say Kuwait feels more ‘local’ than Dubai (which is 90% expats)

How can Kuwait be a travel destination, when it doesn’t even like the foreigners in its country in the first place.

Ahmad , I am a minority in my country, surrounded by non Kuwaitis at work, on the road and malls. I dont recall me hating foreigners, and I never heard a Kuwaiti saying I hate foreigners, you need a hug to prove that just ask ,in the contrary, when I walk and see families from all over the world all around me shopping or having a picnic somewhere on a beach I feel happy and proud of this small country.

Eventhough i know a number of people like the ones you mentioned.. there’s a large number of Kuwaities like wht Ahmed mentioned.

they look down upon Asian expats. treat their servants like S***. wouldnt even want to stand next to a Bangladeshi.
at the same time they worship the foreigners from the west.

i have lived in Kuwait for 11 years. my entire time here i have never had any kuwaiti actually be rude to me, i don’t go out that much during the day only night times.

but yeah the Kuwaiti’s are actually really kind 🙂 just don’t piss them off, but i think that would be with anyone really, if you make someone mad then they will treat you bad, but be kind smile and they will treat you good 🙂

i love this country, i just wish some of the Egyptians could not be so rude and “know it all” attitude all the time.

i feel like you are meeting a very small minority of Kuwaitis. Plus you are western which automatically means you are treated with respect. they treat asians like shit in general.

IN GENERAL – before anyone flies off the handle

Bahrainis are not more tolerant than Kuwaitis. The Bahraini Parliament has banned alcohol.

Bahrainis are more religious (they’re obsessed with Sunni/Shia) than Kuwaitis.

Bahraini people are much more conservative than Kuwaitis. This is a fact, you need to accept reality.

A tourist destination huh? Well, I guess they need to create some tourist spots besides restaurants and expand the highways and create parking spots and hire more cleaners to keep up with the trash and so on……oh and the biggest issue would be changing people’s crappy unwelcoming attitudes.

Kuwait attracts alot of Saudi/Qatari/Emirati tourists

Every weekend, thousands of Saudis/Emiratis/Qataris visit Kuwait

Kuwait attracts alot of Saudi, Qatari and Emirati tourists

Thousands of Saudis, Qataris and Emiratis visit Kuwait every weekend, they mostly hang out at the malls

They say Avenues is better than the malls in KSA and Abu Dhabi

Kuwait also attracts Bahraini tourists, I saw tons of Bahrainis at Avenues last weekend

The World has profited from Kuwait based Tourists (locals and expats), if this happens then we might see another financial crisis coming 😛

The people who wrote the article obviously are not living in the same planet everyone else is. Vietnam, the Phillipines, Oman, I can understand these countries and few others being on the list. Its a joke that Iraq is on the list, where sectarian strife is on the rise (again). Or how about the Congo where its now normal to decapitate your neighbor if they adhere to a different faith than you. And just a couple of months ago, there was an article listed here as describing Kuwait as the least friendly of places to visit.

To be honest if Iraq get their shit together, they they could possibly outdo Kuwait in terms of tourism, They are still have Mesopotamian ruins left that they haven’t destroyed. religious tourism, they have 8 lakes . They still have old heritage buildings and villages. Which we stupidly replaced with skyscraper.

If peace is restored there and they start working on preserving their heritage whilst building new cities there would be more to do in Iraq than Kuwait.

The people who wrote the article obviously are not living in the same planet everyone else is. Vietnam, the Phillipines, Oman, I can understand these countries and few others being on the list. Its a joke that Iraq is on the list, where sectarian strife is on the rise (again). Or how about the Congo where its now normal to decapitate your neighbor if they adhere to a different faith than you. And just a couple of months ago, there was an article listed here as describing Kuwait as the least friendly of places to visit.

I am sure they have concluded this based on air passenger traffic, as it has become extremely heavy these days, day before yesterday all emirates and flydubai were almost fully booked. What they dont realize is this people leaving kuwait for a break and not people visiting kuwait !!!!!

The argument yesterday was Kuwait hating foreigners, I read the news and I never heard skin heads or hodlums attacking and stabbing foreigners, hundreds of thousands marching with banners asking to kick out foreigners like what happens in every single European city these days.
Its the opposite, from reading the comments here I conclude that foreigners (I hate labelling people) hate living in Kuwait.
It must be hell living in a place that you despise.

A few notes:

1) Before welcoming this supposed influx of “tourists” how about fixing our antiquated visa process, and not make people jump through hoops of fire just to visit?

2) Anyone who thinks our coastline is better than UAE has not visited Saadiyat in Abu Dhabi, which is just gorgeous. There are no more empty beaches left in Kuwait, all the way down to the Saudi border the coast has been taken up by private chalets (guilty) and so-called resorts. And this year the coast is especially FILTHY!

3) Fix Kuwait Airways and build the new airport already!!

4)Legalizing booze is a thorny issue which we’ve discussed on this blog countless times. I would propose a gradual and limited relaxation of these laws. Start with allowing beer and wine in hotels, and select restaurants (not in malls!) who have have to apply for a license. These laws can be easily enforced but they involve something the government hates: Actual Work!

5) Build a decent cultural center for musical performances. They don’t have to be Rihanna but there are countless musicians who simply perform great music without the big productions. Kuwait can be a hub for indie folk singers, world music and other alternatives

6) The hotel cartel needs to loosen its grip and price rooms more competitively

7) A massive and serious effort to clean up and monitor the beaches and islands with heavy fines for anyone caught littering

I know I’ll think of more stuff later

You do know those private chalets actually belong to the government right? You pay half a million KD just to “rent” it from the landlord, a.k.a the Government.

If the government wants to build a sea-side tourist trap, they will vacate them immediately exactly like when they first started to develop the country and vacated the whole population from the old cities.

Furthermore. We still have empty beaches, the Gulf road can be refitted entirely and cheaper than vacating private chalet.

I’m kind of used to being trolled.

But saying Kuwait has no future in terms of toursim is pure bullshit. Our malls are surreal and unlike any other place (Excluding Dubai Mall).

Some of our beaches are clean and clear, swim-able as well. Our downtown looks great, if cleaned and removed the crappy ghetto Indian and Philippino shops (No offense but those look just horrible), It’ll will be fantastic, especially with nice restaurants, clubs and shops. Booze, booze is a major attraction. If the government legalized booze in select locations, you will see a massive boost in terms of tourism.

Kuwait also has a prime location geographically as well, ever since it was settled, various countries wanted it’s shores strictly for trading hubs and ports, that alone, if invested properly, will provide a massive influx in terms of raw cash profits.

This is the reason why I just love Mark’s blog.

Not only do we come across hilarious articles, but the quality of comments that accompany it are just priceless. Thanks for the weekend laugh guys 🙂

Your comments are misguided, convoluted and a massive reason there is no growth other than people’s waistlines due to the proliferation of malls and eateries. “Everything is amazing and the world just needs to see it” is why no one will and nothing is happening. Meanwhile pretty much every other GCC is going bigger and better. There is a reason why every Kuwaiti I know travels as often as they can. They don’t stay in Kuwait on holiday. They go to fun, relaxed, alcohol filled and tourism friendly places. When the oil runs out maybe then you guys will figure it out.

My comments are not misguided. I never claimed that ”everything is amazing and the world just needs to see it”.

Please refrain from putting words in my mouth.

When I hear the word tourist hotspot, I personally imagine swarms of tourists vacationing there on holidays with their families, people who cannot wait to visit again and a few others who have already convinced their neighbors and friends back home to visit! And that is why I just had to giggle after I read some of the names on that hotspot list! Lol. I have been to a few of those countries including my own which is on that list and I personally know people who actually live in more than half of those places at this moment…and I am not sure who wrote that article but like seriously?! I wouldn’t necessarily consider most of those as potential hotspots, but yeah I do think they come under the ‘off the beaten path’ category that some tourists/backpackers might actually love. I’ve been to my fair share of off the beaten track countries because that’s the kind of travel I love…and I must say that it doesn’t really matter how big or small a country is, I think if you really look, every place has something unique to its culture and what they can bring to the world and yeah each place will obviously draw in certain kind of tourists…families with kids, singles, backpackers, couples , all of the above etc. Depends on what you are looking for. I don’t think that allowing alcohol in Kuwait will make a huge difference on its tourists (maybe some?) because a country is much more than where it stands in its ‘availability of alcohol’ factor and most tourists aren’t travelling across the world for just a bottle or two of booze 😀 A place has to be more than just that. Kuwait does have potential if it decides it wants to draw in more tourists each year and it can still respect its tradition/culture and stick to the no alcohol part and just work on other aspects I guess. And also, I already think Kuwait is beautiful…it has a lot to offer with regard to its culture, land and diversity without the need of flashy touristic draw ins…probably all it needs is a really good but simple marketing strategy? So yeah, Kuwait…a hotspot…maybe not but definitely off the beaten track : )

here is a personal ancdote which took place last week. A female friend of mine, an “arab”, was doing her weekly shopping in a coop in a her new neighborhood. She was dressed in a normal summer dress when she was approached by a fully covered woman (head to toe) who showed her dislike of the dress in a very aggressive manner – in English. She shouted that this is not acceptable in Kuwait and that she, my friend, should be dressed just like her and respect the traditions of Islam and Kuwait. My friend, in shock, continued her shopping and apparently, the abaya woman, was wrongly notified by some employee at the jamiya that my friend was Kuwaiti. Standing at the cashier, my friend was approached again this time was a smile ” why didn’t you tell me you were Kuwaiti ??” as if approving the dress now. My friend answered back in English that she is not Kuwaiti and left the coops.

limited personal freedoms and limited levels of tolerance do not go hand in hand with tourism. it has nothing to do with legalizing booze. Tourism is an industry and a mindset. Tourists do not need booze to come to Kuwait. On the contrary, when you travel you experience the differences and appreciate them as long as there is mutual respect for personal freedom.

These type of incidents don’t happen often in Kuwait. Stop amplifying specific incidents, you are implying that the majority of Kuwaitis don’t tolerate women in summer dresses, which is a lie and you know it.

It is widely acknowledged among Gulf Arabs that Kuwaitis are the most open-minded Gulf Arabs. Kuwaitis have the mindset required for tourism. The incident that happened to your ‘Arab’ friend doesn’t happen often in Kuwait.

It’s hilarious that you’re claiming Kuwaitis are intolerant therefore don’t have the mindset for tourism. But Emiratis, who don’t allow local women to leave the house without the abaya, are somehow more tolerant than Kuwaitis? There have been numerous incidents in UAE and Qatar where local women go up to Western women and shout at them for their clothing.

How many incidents are there in Kuwait involving Kuwaitis criticizing foreigners for their clothes? This rarely happens in Kuwait whereas it happens often in UAE and Qatar.

You’re implying that Qataris and Emiratis are more tolerant than Kuwaitis, you sound very ignorant.

Kuwaitis themselves do not spend their summers in their own country. They go to Dubai or London.

Measure the satisfaction of expats in Kuwait vs Dubai, for example and you will realize that it’s all about tolerance and an open mindset.

I have not compared Kuwait to UAE or Qatar in my comment. I didn’t refer to any country at all and I didn’t even imply it. I am not even saying that being more conservative, as in Kuwait, is negative. On the contrary, I respect the Kuwaiti mindset. I am just saying that it does not have to be a touristic hot spot. There are plenty of other places around the world whose residents are more receptive. that’s all.

Dubai is 90% expatriates

Kuwait is 67% expatriates

Emiratis are not more tolerant than Kuwaitis, Emiratis don’t have a more open mindset than Kuwaitis

Dubai is only 10% Emiratis.

Emiratis are much more conservative than Kuwaitis, this is widely acknowledged among Gulf Arabs.

Kuwaitis are by large tolerant of expatriates in summer dresses. Hell, many Kuwaiti women wear summer dresses. You may not be able to differentiate between some Kuwaiti girls and Levant Arabs at Avenues.

It’s hilarious that you claim Emiratis are more tolerant than Kuwaitis. There have been thousands of incidents in UAE where expatriate women have been told to cover up.

Of course expatriates in Dubai are more satisfied than expatriates in Kuwait. Dubai is 90% expatriates.

Dubai expats are more satisfied than kuwait expats because Dubai’s infrastructure was built to accommodate millions of expats. Kuwait’s infrastructure wasn’t built to accommodate 4 million people. Kuwaitis usually account for 40% of total population until the ”Arab Spring”, consequentially Kuwaitis are now merely 31% of the population. Kuwait’s infrastructure can’t accommodate to the sudden increase in the expat population. In just 3 months (september to december 2012), Kuwaitis went from being 41% of the population to a mere 31%.. expat population increased by 10% in just 3 months

Emiratis enjoy a better standard of living than Kuwaitis. Hardly any Emiratis are unemployed. Most Emiratis own a house. Thousands of Kuwaitis are unemployed. 50% of Kuwaitis don’t own a house, because there isn’t enough land space due to the overpopulation problem in Kuwait City (which can be attributed to the sudden increase in the expat population). Kuwait City has a very limited capacity. Dubai is a very recent modern city, everything you see in Dubai was built in 2004-2006. Kuwait is an older city in which Kuwaitis have traditionally formed 40% of the population. In just 3 months (september 2012 to december 2012), the expat population increased by 10%

Kuwaiti businessmen insist on hiring expats in the private sector because expats are cheaper to hire than Kuwaitis. As a result, many Kuwaitis believe that expats are stealing their jobs. Even in the public sector, thousands of expat teachers are contracted while simultaneously Kuwaitis looking for teaching jobs are rejected (in favour of expat teachers)

There are many anti-expat restrictions in Kuwait: Restricting expats from driving, restricting expats medical access, deporting expats who commit traffic violations and endless other restrictions. Why? because Kuwait wasn’t built to accommodate 4 million people. It is only natural that Kuwait is attempting to reduce its expat population. This has very little to do with Kuwaiti intolerance and mindset

Kuwait has been modernized and fully built by the 80’s. Dubai has been fully built and modernized in the past few years.

You can build something from scratch which takes a whole less time than actually rebuilding something that has been constructed and done with over three decades ago. Ask your self this, if you want to rebuild one of the major highways to make it accommodate more cars, where the fuck will the influx go? It will cause an even bigger distress. That problem alone is not solved easily, it will take someone fairly skilled to solve it.

You said it yourself, Dubai is a new city, Kuwait isn’t. Kuwait was built a very long time ago and needs an overhaul.

Regarding the housing issue, most lands are owned by Sheikh and wealthy business men, they are forcing a huge supply/demand situation and causing this whole dillema. Even if they fixed that dilemma, Kuwait is a small country, total urbanization will solve the issue, Large apartments, not huge villas. Only then will Kuwait has a less severe housing issue.

You’re saying that Kuwaitis are intolerant to expats, therefore expats don’t like Kuwait. But you have failed to provide any evidence that Kuwaitis are intolerant and close-minded to expats. You wrote one huge paragraph about allegedly a Kuwaiti angry at expats in sundress. OK, what evidence is there that this actually did happen in Kuwait?

You have failed to provide any evidence to substantiate your claims

Before making allegations like this, the least you can do is provide some sort of evidence

Exactly like how Emarati’s, Qatari’s, Saudi’s and basically any relatively wealthy family on this planet doesn’t spend summer in their country.

Why stay in your country when you have enough money to travel to somewhere else? Your logic is flawed and irrelevant.

I resided in Los Angeles for a year, there is a lot you can do in that place, but when I have a long weekend and extra cash? I go to somewhere else, Las Vegas is a nice example, or San Diego. Does that mean L.A is boring? No, it just means it’s nice to go to somewhere new every once in a while.

Brother please don’t mind but looks like you are measuring the tolerance by the size of the clothes of a women. I feel it should be measured by the mindset of the people towards others..

The Silk City project was recently revived

Silk City is modeled after Dubai

The government recently amended the Silk City decree
https://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2372232&language=en

Yesterday, the cabinet approved a decree creating a body to be in charge of developing the Silk City and Boubyan Island
https://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2380668&language=en

Silk City’s final masterplan was approved recently, the new Silk City masterplan replaces previous proposals
https://www.meed.com/sectors/construction/real-estate/kuwait-approves-silk-city-masterplan/3191937.article

Kuwait is cooperating with China on the Silk City project (this was announced two days ago, after Kuwait signed 10 economic agreements with China)
https://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2380669&language=en

Quote:
A MoU was inked by Kuwaiti Minister of Finance Anas Al-Saleh and Chinese National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Chairman Xu Shaoshi on bilateral cooperation regarding the Silk Road Economic Belt and the Silk City.

Jaber Causeway (bridge that links Kuwait City to Silk City) is currently under construction.

That bridge has to go somewhere so Silk City will start construction soon

The jaber causeway is leading to Boubyan port which is born dead due to Iraqi threats, I showed the silk city video on youtube to someone in 2004 he said my bones will turn to dust before you see a brick in this project, he died in 2010.

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