A domestic tourism investment promotion expo will be unveiled at the Riyadh International Conferences and Exhibitions Center on Sunday.

The expo, which will be held on the sidelines of the forum of travel and tourism investment, will stage plenty of promotional events and heritage activities of different regions in the Kingdom.

The Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA) organizes the forum under the aegis of Riyadh Gov. Prince Khaled bin Bandar, chairman of the Riyadh Tourism Promotion Council.

The expo will run until April 4 and will be open from 4 p.m to 10 p.m.

More than 300 establishments specialized in tourism, amusement operations and airlines will participate in the event, while 14 tourism locations will showcase major tourist events in the Kingdom. The expo will house pavilions of domestic and international tourism companies and is expected to attract 20,000 visitors against 9,000 visitors last year, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Friday.

While all provincial tourism promotion councils will participate in the expo, various companies dealing with tourist accommodations and tour and travel operations will display their services. The SCTA will have a huge presence at the expo with its 14 administrations setting up separate sections in the exhibition ground.

The main entrance to the expo will be decorated with 40 best photographs that won prizes in the Saudi Colors Forum last year.

Details about the forum can be seen on www.sttim.ocm.sa

Meanwhile, more than one million people visited the Riyadh Spring Festival organized by the Riyadh Municipality over the past 10 days. The events of the festival took place at green and water surfaces of the King Abdullah Picnic center in the city, the Saudi Press Agency reported.

The municipality posted 300 officials at different locations to help visitors while a large number of workers were assigned cleaning duty at the festival locations.

The municipal pavilions at the festival undertook awareness campaigns among children about the importance of keeping environment clean and attractive. Children were also issued environment friend cards with their photos imprinted on the cards and also on their shirts.