Bahrain’s keenness to develop educational tourism highlighted
Manama, The Gulf Observer: Tourism Minister, Fatima bint Jaafar Al-Sairafi, has affirmed the Kingdom’s keenness to continue hosting various exhibitions, conferences and events, in addition to providing all the necessary facilities for their success, including public events, or those specialised in specific sectors, in order to enhance Bahrain’s potentials and competitiveness.
The minister made the statements while receiving here Higher Education Council (HEC) Secretary-General and HEC Board of Trustees Deputy Chairperson, Dr. Shaikha Rana bint Isa bin Duaij Al Khalifa, and CEO of Oman International Trade and Exhibitions, Amr Abdullah Baabood.
Minister Al-Sairafi was briefed about the company’s preparations to organise the Global Higher Education Exhibition (GHEDEX), which will be held in the Kingdom on May 6-8 at the Exhibition World Bahrain.
She was informed about the events to be held on the sidelines of GHEDEX, including the expo of technical education and training, the conference on “Innovations & Entrepreneurship at Bahraini Schools & Colleges” and the GHEDEX Awards for Excellence in Education.
The Tourism Minister welcomed holding GHEDEX 2023 in Bahrain, stressing the importance of specialised events in shedding light on the academic opportunities provided by higher education institutions in the kingdom.
She highlighted the keenness of the Ministry of Tourism to continue working with all partners in order to develop the educational tourism sector in the Kingdom, in order to attract more students to Bahrain, given the importance of the student tourists, who may stay for a long period, accompany members of their families to Bahrain and become permanent tourist ambassador to the Kingdom even after completing their studies.
she stressed that attracting qualitative exhibitions contributes to supporting the efforts of exhibition and conference tourism, as one of the important pillars of the kingdom’s Tourism Strategy for (2022-2026), noting the importance of this type of tourism in developing the tourism sector as a whole and supporting the national economy.
