Campers for the East: Extending the camping season is right and at the right time

A number of citizens praised the Ministry of Environment’s decision issued yesterday regarding extending the camping period in the northern and central regions until next April 29, based on the directives of His Excellency Sheikh Dr. Faleh bin Nasser Al Thani, Minister of Environment and Climate Change. And they confirmed during their interview with Al-Sharq that the extension of the camping period came at the right time with the advent of the holy month, in which the demand for camps increases, pointing out that they are escaping from the noise of cities to those camps that are their destination in Ramadan, explaining that extending the camping period allows them to enjoy more. In the wild and Ramadan atmosphere. Family and Friends Forum At the beginning, Abdul-Ilah Nasser said: We thank the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change for its decision yesterday to extend the camping season until the end of next April, considering it a right decision that came at the right time when the campers need to extend the season, especially with the advent of the holy month. In which they spend hours of their day in the camps, explaining that the Ramadan atmosphere makes camp owners hold collective breakfasts, as well as Ghabga and Suhoor in the camps and enjoy Ramadan, as well as holding Tarawih prayers in them. He added, “The camps turn into a Ramadan meeting place, where there is relaxation and fun throughout the holy month, and family and friends meet with each other at ghabga and suhoor as well.” A timely decision Jassem Mohammed believes that extending the camping season came at the right time, especially since the past period was not enough to enjoy the moderate weather in the country, whose atmosphere is still beautiful today, especially during the night, pointing out that many campers go to their camps on a daily basis and stay The Ghabga and the Suhoor are there, and some of them meet weekly in the camps, but the advent of the month of Ramadan changed the timing of going to the camps, as the majority of the campers visited it at night after breaking the fast to meet with each other and have the sahur together. This year’s camping season was considered exceptional, as it came after the end of the Corona crisis that the whole world witnessed during the past two years, and restrictions were imposed that made meeting in the camps. A commendable decision Fahd Salman considered the decision of the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change to extend the camping season as a commendable step. And the demand for camps is still there among young people and families as well, who frequent the camps constantly. The demand also increased with the advent of the blessed month of Ramadan, in which family and friends meet for iftar and after it, as well as for suhoor as well, and children have fun and play in the camps with each other. He explained that, in conjunction with the holy month, the camp in the evening is the main destination for us as young people, and the place closest to gathering than any other place, where young people find a miss when they meet each other and spend beautiful times. Eid this year in the camps, Hussein Al-Buhalika said: The weather is still suitable for camping, as the weather is cooler at night, which makes the demand for camps greater for gathering and meeting, explaining that the decision to extend the camping period in conjunction with the start of the holy month is correct, and serves the citizens camping in various regions of the country. He added: Gathering in the holy month during the holy month, whether on ghabga or suhoor, is a custom for the people of Qatar. It moved this year with the extension of the camping season to the camps, in addition to that the people of Qatar exchange invitations to break the fast in the month of Ramadan, and they are linked by a committee that makes them meet constantly, whether in the Qatari councils. or winter camps. Al-Buhalika believes that the camping season this year will be exceptional, as it will coincide with Eid Al-Fitr, in which campers will return to their camps and also receive visitors there after they perform their family visits and ties of kinship. I hope to extend the season until the end of May. Hussein Safar suggested that the camping season be extended for the campers on the mainland until the end of next May, similar to the camps in the Sealine area, especially since they incurred large sums of money in setting up their camps and spending a lot on them. He added, the camping season this year coincides with the month of Ramadan, and the decision of the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change was appropriate, especially since the weather is still suitable as it is cool at night and moderate during the day, explaining that the Ministry of Environment had to decide since the beginning of the month to extend the camping season because some campers removed their camps Weeks ago, in compliance with environmental laws, and the absence of decisions within an appropriate period clarifying whether or not to extend the camping season.