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Turki Al Al-Sheikh: 20 Million People Visited Riyadh Season 2023

20 million people visited Riyadh Season 2023 from inside and outside the Kingdom - SPA
20 million people visited Riyadh Season 2023 from inside and outside the Kingdom - SPA
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Turki Al Al-Sheikh: 20 Million People Visited Riyadh Season 2023

20 million people visited Riyadh Season 2023 from inside and outside the Kingdom - SPA
20 million people visited Riyadh Season 2023 from inside and outside the Kingdom - SPA

Chairman of the Board of Directors of the General Entertainment Authority (GEA) Advisor Turki bin Abdulmohsen Al-Sheikh said that 20 million people visited Riyadh Season 2023 from inside and outside the Kingdom, thanks to the support of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud and Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, Crown Prince, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The 2023 Riyadh Season witnessed many achievements as it hosted several major entertainment events and activities, the most prominent of which are three international boxing fights and a martial arts fight, SPA reported.

Also, tennis, snooker, padel and skiing tournaments, and Riyadh Season Football Cup Championship were prominent, in addition to hosting the Egypt Cup, and the opening of the Kingdom Arena, which was built in record time.
Many plays, artistic concerts, and the “Joy” party for entertainment makers were also hosted, with the presence of a group of international and Arab celebrities.

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Thai Baby Hippo Internet Star Draws Thousands to Her Zoo

People take pictures as a two-month-old female pygmy hippo named "Moo Deng" who has recently become a viral internet sensation, eats with her mother Jona at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand, September 16, 2024. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha Purchase Licensing Rights
People take pictures as a two-month-old female pygmy hippo named "Moo Deng" who has recently become a viral internet sensation, eats with her mother Jona at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand, September 16, 2024. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha Purchase Licensing Rights
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Thai Baby Hippo Internet Star Draws Thousands to Her Zoo

People take pictures as a two-month-old female pygmy hippo named "Moo Deng" who has recently become a viral internet sensation, eats with her mother Jona at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand, September 16, 2024. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha Purchase Licensing Rights
People take pictures as a two-month-old female pygmy hippo named "Moo Deng" who has recently become a viral internet sensation, eats with her mother Jona at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand, September 16, 2024. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha Purchase Licensing Rights

Thailand's latest internet celebrity, baby hippo "Moo Deng", is challenging her keepers with the unexpectedly big crowds she is drawing to her zoo, two hours south of the capital Bangkok.

Moo Deng, whose name means "bouncing pig" in Thai, has millions of fans on social media following her clumsily charming adventures, including trying to nibble her handler despite still lacking teeth.

"Normally on weekdays and in the rainy season - which is a low season - we'd be getting around 800 visitors each day," said Narungwit Chodchoy, director of the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province.

But the zoo is now getting 3,000 to 4,000 people on weekdays, and welcomed 20,000 visitors over the weekend, he said - most of them lining up to see Moo Deng, Reuters reported.

"Moo Deng fever means we will have organise better so all visitors can see her," Narungwit said.

On Monday morning, the pink-cheeked hippo, whose siblings are called Pork Stew and Sweet Pork, was sitting happily in a bowl of vegetables and other snacks.

"I left home in Bangkok from 6:30 this morning just to come and see Moo Deng," said 45-year-old Ekaphak Mahasawad. "I'm only here to see her."

Moo Deng's grandmother, Malee, recently celebrated her 59th birthday as Thailand's oldest hippo.