Buraidah festival creates 4,000 job opportunities

The festival focused particularly on providing opportunities for young people. (SPA)

• Date farming provides a livelihood for thousands of people in and around the city of dates, Buraidah

BURAIDAH: The organizers of Buraidah Date Festival say it has created more than 4,000 seasonal job opportunities, through date auctions and temporary and seasonal work.
The festival focused particularly on providing opportunities for young people to enter employment, in line with Saudi Vision 2030.
During the festival, Buraidah’s market hosts daily auctions of more than 45 types of dates that are famous in the Qassim region, including sukkari, khalas, sagai, shaqra, ruthan and maktoum.
Date farming provides a livelihood for thousands of people in and around the city of dates, Buraidah.