VIDEO: Olive Festival in Saudi Arabia’s al-Jawf records $2.9 mln in sales

The annual Olive Festival held in al-Jawf province concluded its 11th session, which lasted ten days and recorded nearly $2.0 mln (SAR 11 mln) worth of sales and at least 152,000 visitors who came from across the kingdom and abroad to attend.

Most of the sales were for purchasing olive oil, olives and olive products. Farmers were able also to make deals and market part of their future production due to the increasing demand for olive oil.

Al Arabiya’s Jazaa al-Nmasi reports from al-Jawf.