{"id":267638,"date":"2020-02-16T07:00:49","date_gmt":"2020-02-16T10:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=267638"},"modified":"2020-02-14T20:27:41","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T23:27:41","slug":"brazilian-operator-bets-on-heritage-tourism-in-bahrain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/brazilian-operator-bets-on-heritage-tourism-in-bahrain\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazilian operator bets on heritage tourism in Bahrain"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Bahrain, Oman and Qatar are the countries where Lynden tourism agency and operator wants to focus its efforts in 2020. Packages to Bahrain will be launched next March. The company has worked with destinations in the Middles East for 21 years and wants to diversify its operations.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have done some things with Oman for around three years. We worked hard on this destination with Dubai. Bahrain is new. We\u2019re looking for a way to work with the whole Gulf at once. And, as tourism to Saudi Arabia has opened up, we\u2019ve in touch with them to send some itineraries, too,\u201d Lynden owner Kh\u00e1led Fayez Mahassen told ANBA.<\/p>\n

Mahassen is Lebanese, and his home country is the company\u2019s flagship. It offers daily departures and ten-day packages to Lebanon. Now, the company plans on offering joint tours to smaller countries such as Bahrain, Oman and Qatar. \u201cIn Bahrain three to four days are enough. Qatar and Oman too. As for the United Arab Emirates, we usually do a week. So, touring that whole region in 15 to 20 days is enough,\u201d Mahassen explained.<\/p>\n

Bahrain<\/strong><\/p>\n

To its new destination, Lynden<\/a> bets on the country\u2019s heritage appeal. \u201cThere was a civilization there called Dilmun more than six thousand years ago. The Gulf doesn\u2019t usually have this ancient history. Thus Bahrain stands out,\u201d Mahassen stresses. To delve into this civilization, one stop is Bahrain National Museum, which holds a collection of contemporary sculpture exhibitions and ceramic art that covers the time of the Dilmun,<\/p>\n

Along these lines, the businessman sees still another point that may draw Brazilians\u2019 attention: the Portuguese influence on the Arab country. \u201cThere are several interesting places across the region. Surprisingly, the Sultanate of Oman and Bahrain have an Arab influence, so we tour fortresses from those times such as Bahrain Fort (pictured above)<\/em>,\u201d he says. It\u2019s the country\u2019s main fortress and was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.<\/p>\n

The country also offers experiences such as a visit to a camel farm with up to 400 animals and a trip to the King Fahad Causeway \u2013 a 25-Km cross-sea bridge connecting Bahrain to Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Oman and Qatar must be worked together because of a strategic issue. \u201cWe have to do some workarounds because of the embargo against Qatar. We have to do Qatar first and then pass by the Sultanate of Oman, or ending in Oman and then Qatar,\u201d says Mahassen, who has Oman as one of the few gateways to joint tours.<\/p>\n

Return to Syria<\/strong><\/p>\n

Other news from the company is the resumption of trips to Syria. The businessman says that there\u2019re still some troubles with the destination, but they are limited to the delay for issuing visas. The company started working again with cities such as the capital, Damascus, as well as Maaloula, Homs and Latakia.<\/p>\n

To keep working in the region, the businessman believes in the importance of spreading information on the Middle East in lectures such as the one he\u2019ll give in AVIESP, a tourism exhibition to run in March in \u00c1guas de Lind\u00f3ia. \u201cLynden has gone through several crisis in both Brazil and the Middle East. We\u2019ve diversified the destinations so that, when one country faces troubles, we can keep working on others,\u201d he finished.<\/p>\n

Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n

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