🇧🇭 Bahrain — OpenVan.camp

Bahrain's Ministry of Municipalities and Agriculture, with the Southern Province, launched an e-service for paying and refunding insurance deposits for non-commercial camping (Al-Bar season). Processing time cut from 3 working days to instant.

The Governor of the Southern Governorate, Sheikh Abdullah bin Rashid Al Khalifa, ordered the extension of the camping season until March 15, 2013, following requests from campers and business owners. Authorities urged participants to avoid leaving waste and to vacate sites on time to allow Tatweer company to carry out works that may produce noise and gases.