New specialized port for cruise ships on the anvil in Bahrain | THE DAILY TRIBUNE | KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN

New specialized port for cruise ships on the anvil in Bahrain | THE DAILY TRIBUNE | KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN

Plans are on the anvil to develop a specialised port for cruise ships, with the Diyar Al Muharraq, the Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism Zayed bin Rashid AlZayani revealed.

The minister also said that the authorities are also working to organise land and sea trips using amphibious buses.

The expectation is that all these and other umpteen projects in the pipeline will help the Kingdom alleviate the effects of the painful blow dealt by the coronavirus outbreak to the tourism sector.

The outbreak had forced operators to cancel 55 cruise ship port of calls in Bahrain during the 2019/2020 season, said the minister.

“This happened at a time when the Kingdom was expecting the travellers footfall to reach 103,000, but COVID-19 derailed all that.” “Nearly 81 thousand tourists came to Bahrain, mostly Europeans,