Camping season: Kuwait Municipality says nothing has been decided
KUNA withdrew its cancellation report, and pitching a tent or marking out a site before licences open is a violation.
Kuwait Municipality has not decided whether this year’s spring camping season will go ahead. It said so in a statement on Thursday 12 November 2026, hours after the state news agency KUNA ran a report, attributed to the municipality’s spring camps committee, saying the season had been cancelled.
KUNA asked for that report to be withdrawn the same day. The withdrawn story had put the cancellation down to the current situation in the region and the safety of campers.
What the municipality actually said
- The camping season has not been announced, and camp licences are not yet being issued.
- Setting up a camp, or preparing a site for one, right now breaks the regulations.
- It is assessing the situation with the relevant authorities, with public safety and security as the test.
- Any decision on the season and on licensing will be announced on its official channels.
What to do
Hold off on pitching tents, fencing off a plot or hauling gear out to the desert. Until licences open, that counts as a violation. Ignore both the cancellation headline still circulating and any unofficial start date: the only announcement that counts is the municipality’s.
Photo: sunrise over the Bahra desert in northern Kuwait. Photo by Mystiqo0, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Source: Kuwait Municipality statement, 12 November 2026, via Al-Qabas and Al-Anba.
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