The ‘Bahrain Light Festival’ Concludes With Remarkable Success

Press release

Published December 4th, 2017 - 05:48 GMT

The ‘Bahrain Light Festival’ showcased to its visitors of all ages the technical artistic dynamics by artists from France, Japan and the United States of America.

The Bahrain Tourism and Exhibitions Authority (BTEA) has successfully concluded the second edition of the ‘Bahrain Light Festival’ held at Bahrain Bay for a period of 10 days from the 24^th November and until the 3^rd December 2017.

The ‘Bahrain Light Festival’ showcased to its visitors of all ages the technical artistic dynamics by artists from France, Japan and the United States of America, and will include remarkable performances, as well as exciting entertainment including LED Drummers, LED Hover Boarders and Neon Umbrellas.

“The ‘Bahrain Light Festival’ witnessed remarkable success in its second edition and attracted more than 80 thousand visitors of all ages from Bahrain and abroad. The festival comes in-line with the BTEA’s strategy to revive the tourism sector, attract local and international visitors and tourists from the neighboring GCC countries, and further beyond. We look forward to hosting events of the same caliber in the near future,” said the Chief Executive Officer of BTEA, H.E. Shaikh Khaled bin Humood Al Khalifa.

The Festival comes as part of the BTEA’s series of events and activities that is in line with its ongoing efforts to attract tourists to the Kingdom and contribute towards the Kingdoms economy and the 2030 Economic Vision. in line with the BTEA’s long term strategy to further develop the Kingdom’s tourism sector under the slogan of ‘Ours.Yours.’, which contributes towards the Kingdom’s economy and the 2030 Economic Vision.

Background Information

Bahrain Tourism and Exhibitions Authority (BETA)

Bahrain Tourism and Exhibitions Authority was established in 2015 under the Royal Decree number (76) for the year 2015 issued by His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain. Whereas the first clause of the Decree number (10) stated that an authority should be established under the supervision of the Council of Ministers

In 2015, BTEA started its operations under the Decree number (9) for the year 2015 to append the Tourism Affairs to the Ministry of Industry and Commerce based on the recommendation of HRH Prime Minister and under the law number (62) of the year 2016 to establish and regulate the Bahrain Exhibition and Convention Authority (BECA) and the Decree number (1) for the year 1985 to establish a Supreme Council for Tourism, and the law number (15) for the year 1986 to regulate the Tourism sector amended by a Law by Decree number (12) for the year 1994.