As part of the Tourism Promotion Conference and the 47th meeting of the Regional Commission for the Middle East of the World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) held in Riyadh, HE Mr. Zayed bin Rashed Al Zayani, Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, today met HE Mr. Ahmed bin Aqeel Al Khatib, Minister of Tourism in Saudi Arabia.
During the meeting, the ministers reviewed the key government plans and programmes carried out by the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to support the tourism sector, increase means of cooperation and activate intra-tourism between the two brotherly countries.
The ministers also reviewed the positive returns of reopening the King Fahd Causeway and discussing the opportunities available to attract cruise ships in accordance with the existing precautionary controls and procedures.
Mr. Al Zayani also underlined the key steps taken by the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain to advance the tourism sector, which today has become one of the pillars of economic development in the country and the region.
