E Mr. Zayed bin Rashed Al Zayani, Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, and Chairman of Bahrain Tourism and Exhibition Authority (BTEA), has paid an inspection visit today to the venue of the new Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention Centre (BIECC) project in Sakhir.

The Minister was updated on the latest developments in implementing the project, which has reached a 30 percent progress, and directed to remove all obstacles to ensure its completion as scheduled by end of the second quarter of 2022.

He praised the efforts of the Ministry of Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning for its supervisory role supporting the implementation of the strategic project.

The Minister affirmed that the project is the biggest one carried out by BTEA and will provide an exemplary venue to host international events.

He added the Centre will further attract the organising companies of exhibitions and conferences to hold their international events in it, noting that this will further promote the tourism sector in the Kingdom so as to diversify revenues and achieve the aspirations of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.

The inspection visit was attended by Eng. Ahmed Abdulaziz Al Khayat, Works Affairs Undersecretary at the Ministry of Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning, Dr Nasser Qaedi, CEO of BTEA, Eng. Shaikh Mesha'al bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, Assistant Undersecretary for Construction and Maintenance Projects at the Ministry of Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning,  and a number of officials and architects in charge of the project.​