Aqua Park recently organised the Water Garden Festival, which ushered in a series of entertaining and exciting games.
Activities in the festival included a games kiosk, a balloon jumping programme, a magician’s show, and a fire dancing show. A photo exhibition was also held.
Mohamed Ferdaus, director-general of Aqua Park, said the Water Garden Festival was part of efforts by the administration of the park to attract more local tourists.
Ferdaus said another water festival will take place during Eid Al Fitr along with varied programmes and activities that will include entertainment activities for both children and families.
Ferdaus said as many as 20,000 people visited Aqua Park last month.
He revealed that the Aqua Park had attracted 500 Saudi visitor on weekends, in addition to 1,000 visitors from Bahrain, Oman and the United Arab Emirates.
He said the “7 Cinema Days” event, one of the new activities in the park, had drawn the attention of a large number of visitors.
He said the event presents films on a daily basis along with entertaining activities during the intervals.
Ferdaus said tickets to Aqua Park were still being sold at the Villaggio and Landmark centres, as well as at Virgin stores in the malls.
Ferdaus said the park currently offered water slides for all age groups, a wave pool and an African Village, which contains an Octopus Slide, Elephant Slide, Rabbit Slide and mushroom-shaped waterfalls.
He added that the administration paid attention to security and safety by deploying a number of qualified rescuers with knowledge and experience.
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