Kuwait City Shore Excursions
10 June, 2019
Kuwait has a population of just over 4 million but is currently ranked as the world’s 7th richest country. For centuries modern-day Kuwait City had served as an important port of call for merchants operating on the highly profitable trade routes through the Persian Gulf. By the late 1920s the country’s role in international trade had slumped as the Great Depression began to take effect. Even Kuwait’s lucrative pearling industry collapsed as demand from Europe’s elite was curtailed by the world’s economic meltdown.
