RIYADH, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- Bahrain sees China as one of its key tourism markets, as the kingdom aims to diversify and expand its tourism sector, Bahrain's Minister of Tourism Fatima bint Jaafar Al Sairafi told Xinhua here on Saturday.
Highlighting the growing Bahrain-China partnership in tourism promotion, Al Sairafi said on the sidelines of the ongoing 26th session of the UN Tourism General Assembly that direct flights launched by Bahrain's national carrier Gulf Air to China's Guangzhou and Shanghai have boosted Chinese tourists by over 40 percent in the first nine months of 2025 compared to the same period in 2024.
