Jeddah Season's 'City Walk' Area Offers Smart Bracelets to Its Visitors

City Walk is one of the main areas of the 2024 Jeddah Season - SPA
City Walk is one of the main areas of the 2024 Jeddah Season - SPA
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Jeddah Season's 'City Walk' Area Offers Smart Bracelets to Its Visitors

City Walk is one of the main areas of the 2024 Jeddah Season - SPA
City Walk is one of the main areas of the 2024 Jeddah Season - SPA

The City Walk area has introduced smart wristbands for visitors during the 2024 Jeddah season, specifically designed for children, the elderly, and people with disabilities.

According to SPA, these wristbands carry the data and contact information of their companions, making it easy to communicate and locate them.
Visitors can purchase these wristbands from specialized staff at the entry gates. Each wristband contains a QR code that can be scanned with a mobile camera to display the registered contact information.
City Walk is one of the main areas of the 2024 Jeddah Season and it offers a variety of entertainment activities and events, including motor and skill games, "Cairo Nights," and "China City" areas. Additionally, it features numerous Arab plays that are very popular among visitors.



Japan Post to Stop Delivery of Live Reptiles 

A monitor lizard looks out under a hut at the Sungei Buloh Wetlands Reserve in Singapore on January 15, 2025. (AFP)
A monitor lizard looks out under a hut at the Sungei Buloh Wetlands Reserve in Singapore on January 15, 2025. (AFP)
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Japan Post to Stop Delivery of Live Reptiles 

A monitor lizard looks out under a hut at the Sungei Buloh Wetlands Reserve in Singapore on January 15, 2025. (AFP)
A monitor lizard looks out under a hut at the Sungei Buloh Wetlands Reserve in Singapore on January 15, 2025. (AFP)

Japan Post will not deliver live reptiles starting from April on animal welfare grounds, a company spokeswoman said Wednesday.

Customers had raised concerns and animal rights activists had criticized the service online, the spokeswoman for the nationwide postal service told AFP.

"After consulting with the government... we came to realize that shipping animals in an environment where temperature control and food are unavailable can amount to animal abuse," she said.

From April 1, Japan Post -- which already does not allow mammals or birds to be sent by mail -- will not deliver reptiles through any parcel or other postal services, the spokeswoman added.