CP CHAIRS EDB MEETING
THE CROWN PRINCE AND CHAIRMAN OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD (EDB) SHAIKH SALMAN BIN HAMAD AL KHALIFA AFFIRMED TODAY DURING HIS CHAIRING OF THE EDB MEETING THE IMPORTANCE OF DEVELOPING THE TOURISM SECTOR IN THE KINGDOM BY DEPENDING ON ESSENTIAL FOUNDATIONS THAT ENSURE THE QUALITY OF TOURISM PROJECT APPROPRIATE BAHRAIN’S ENVIRONMENT AND TRADITIONS.
SHAIKH SALMAN SAID THAT BAHRAIN WAS IN NEED TODAY TO CARE FOR THE TOURISM SECTOR AS ONE OF THE CORNERSTONES OF COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT AND CULTURAL TOURISM AS AN ATTRACTIVE CONSTITUENT FOR TOURISM IN THE REGION AND WORLD.
HE SAID THAT THIS COULD BE UNDERTAKEN THROUGH PRESERVING ALL HERITAGE AND CIVILISATION ASPECTS THE KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN OWNS AND BY REHABILITATING THESE AREAS PLACING THEM ON THE TOURISM MAP OF BAHRAIN.
SHAIKH SALMAN ALSO INDICATED THE IMPORTANCE OF FOLLOWING UP ON ALL INITIATIVES AND IDEA PRESENTED BY RELATED BODIES IN ORDER TO FORMULATE THEM INTO EXECUTABLE PROGRAMMES AND GIVE A BOOST TO ACHIEVE THEIR ASPIRED GOALS TO SERVE THE COUNTRY AND PEOPLE.
MEANWHILE, THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WAS BRIEFED VIA A PRESENTATION BY THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND INFORMATION ON THE MINISTRY’S INITIATIVES TO DEVELOP THE TOURISM SECTOR IN BAHRAIN WHICH COMPLIES WITH THE ECONOMIC VISION 2030 FOR THE KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN.
THE PRESENTATION INCLUDED ALL THE CHALLENGES FACED IN DEVELOPING TOURISM IN GENERAL AND CULTURAL TOURISM SPECIFICALLY ALONG WITH THE IDEAS WHICH COULD BE UTILISED TO ELEVATE FURTHER THIS IMPORTANT SECTOR.
THE COMMITTEE ALSO REVIEWED THE STEPS AND MECHANISM NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC STRATEGY AND MEANS OF FOLLOWING-UP ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THE BODIES RELATED TO IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES THAT AIM TOWARDS FURTHER ELEVATING THE LIVING STANDARDS OF CITIZENS ACHIEVING WITH THAT PROSPERITY IN BAHRAIN.
WITHIN THIS CONTEXT, THE CROWN PRINCE GAVE DIRECTIVES TO ALL OFFICIALS TO UNDERTAKE THEIR DUTIES IN FOLLOWING-UP ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR ESTABLISHMENTS AND THE COMBATING OF ALL KINDS OF CORRUPTION IN ORDER TO PROTECT PUBLIC MONEY AND KEEPING THE OATH THEY TOOK IN THE PRESENCE OF HIS MAJESTY THE KING.
