Manama, June 30 -- Shaikh Khalid bin Hamoud Al Khalifa, the Chairman of the Bahrain Tourism and Exhibitions Authority, has confirmed that the contribution of all representative offices of BETA in the national economy during the first quarter of 2019 amounted to BD20 million, an increase of 84% over the past year.

Over 45,714 tourists visited the Kingdom of Bahrain as part of the concerted efforts of the BETA representative offices aimed to promote the tourism sector and contribute to the diversification of non-oil sources of income by supporting the national economy to achieve the targets of the economic vision 2030.

The most prominent results of the representative offices over the course of one year as follows: The total number of tour...