On and round the southernmost level of Muharraq metropolis, near Bahrain’s capital Manama, the Pearling Path is at its ultimate levels of renovation to supply guests by the finish of 2022 a model new expertise of the nation’s past glory, constructed on the pearl business.
The historic Pearling Path was inscribed on the Unesco World Heritage List in 2012.
To date, 16 public squares, two guests’ centres, a pedestrian bridge and the rehabilitation of the Souq Al Qaisariya, the oldest a part of the Muharraq Souq in the Pearling Path, have been accomplished, Mai Mohammed Al Khalifa, president of the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities, stated.
“One of the main ambitions of the project is to promote a cultural tourism in Bahrain, as a way to celebrate the country’s rich culture and heritage, both tangible and intangible,” she defined.
Fijiri music, a singular type of singing practised on board the pearling expedition boats by Bahrainis, is the intangible spotlight of the Pearling Path, famous Al Khalifa, including Fijiri was added to the Unesco intangible heritage listing in 2021.
“This special combination of tangible and intangible cultural experiences… makes Muharraq a unique destination and will contribute to the growing cultural tourism sector in Bahrain’s economy,” she concluded.
In addition to the Pearling Path mission, the institution of the Bahrain Institute for Pearls and Gemstones (Danat) in 2017 is the kingdom’s different effort to advertise and even resurrect Bahrain’s historic pearling.
Specialising in the testing and finding out of pure pearls, Danat has examined greater than 10 million pearls since its institution, an achievement that the institute introduced in November final 12 months. This solidifies its place as the world’s most outstanding laboratory for testing pearls.
“With the establishment of Danat, we have managed to boost the kingdom’s reputation as the centre of pearl trading and to position ourselves as the leading country in pearl certification,” Danat chief govt officer Noora Jamsheer stated.
Instead of oil and fuel, pearling represents Bahrain’s conventional nationwide identification and had been the central pillar of the Gulf tiny nation’s economic system till its demise in the Thirties.
Safe wedding ceremony vacation spot
Elsewhere, the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA) stated plans had been underway to advertise the nation as a protected wedding ceremony vacation spot amid the Covid-19 pandemic, native media reported not too long ago.
The transfer is not going to solely assist uplift the nation’s hardest-hit tourism business however will even strengthen occasion administration, style design and different supporting sectors that had been impacted by the pandemic.
SLTDA chairperson Kimarli Fernando was quoted by the media report as saying that the SLTDA will quickly launch a separate portal to assist the endeavour.
Fernando stated efforts can be taken to listing occasion administration firms, wedding ceremony planners, photographers, style designers and others below one platform in order that the expertise of getting a marriage in Sri Lanka for overseas nationals may be handy and accessible.
Sri Lanka’s tourism authority will even strengthen its relations with nations in the area equivalent to India, the Maldives and Pakistan to advertise the nation as a marriage vacation spot.
Market evaluation exhibits that the vacation spot wedding ceremony world market will generate income of over US$290bil (RM1.214tril) by 2031. – Xinhua
