Bahrain Gets New Tourist Board

Posted by Hugh Taylor Nov 18, 2006

Bahrain is set to create a Tourism Development Board in a bid to increase visitor numbers.

Previously tourism has been the province of the Ministry of Information who will now pass control of promotional campaigns and marketing strategy to a new independent tourism board.

Five million tourists visited Bahrain in 2005, mostly families from the other Gulf States. The government hopes that this new venture will significantly increase these figures.