Focus on Tourism

Manama : The Bahrain Tourism and Exhibitions Authority (BTEA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Information & eGovernment Authority to implement the third phase of the ‘Tourism Statistics Development’ Programme in line with the requirements of the World Tourism Organization. 

The programme closely monitors the inbound and outbound tourism movement and provides a detailed overview of the tourism sector and its contribution to the national economy.

Chief Executive Officer of BTEA, Shaikh Khaled bin Humood Al Khalifa, and Chief Executive Officer of the Information & eGovernment Authority, Mohammed Ali Al Qaed, signed a collaboration agreement to implement the programme for the year 2016-2017 in three separate phases.

The implementation of the programme will take 18 months to complete. The first phase focused on developing the programme, while the second phase focused on collecting data for the survey by interviewing passengers arriving through Bahrain International Airport and King Fahad Bridge. 

The third phase, which collects inputs over 30,000 visitors will examine the wages and salaries structure and evaluate investment in tourism initiatives among others. 

“The survey will gather data measuring the productivity of tourism facilities including hotels, restaurants, travel agencies, in addition to the international exhibitions and conferences held in the Kingdom,” said the Chief Executive Officer of BTEA, Shaikh Khaled bin Humood Al Khalifa.