Feb 29 Hotels Consider Allowing Unmarried Kuwaitis to Book Rooms Independently. Have Kuwaiti hotels lifted their long-standing ban on hosting single Kuwaiti guests, both male and female, without requiring them to be accompanied by their spouses?
Feb 28 The Central Administration of Statistics report sheds light the number of workers in the State of Kuwait as at the end of the third quarter of 2023, putting its size to about 2.107 million workers, not counting the number of domestic workers, reports Al-Jarida daily. When adding domestic workers and the like — the family sector — whose number is about 790,000, the total rises to about 2.897 million workers, and the percentage of domestic workers amounts to about 27.3% of the total employment in Kuwait.
Feb 28 According to recently compiled statistics from the Central Administration of Statistics, Kuwait consumed 2.8,000 tons of local fish in 2023, with a total estimated value of around 6.7 million dinars, reports Al-Qabas daily. These statistics covered approximately 25 varieties of fish, with shrimp being a notable contributor, accounting for approximately one million kilograms sold during the year 2023. Additionally, the consumption of Zubaidi fish totaled around 79,000 kilograms over the same period.
Feb 21 The latest government data showed that the population of Kuwait reached about 4.859 million by the end of 2023, including 1.546 million citizens and 3.3 million expatriates — an increase of 2.6 percent or 122,700 compared to about 4.7 million in 2022, reports Al-Anba daily.
Feb 15 Kuwait's emir Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Sabah issued a decree on Thursday to dissolve the parliament, state news agency KUNA reported.