Revitalising Bahrain’s rich cultural heritage and tourism
TDT | Manama
The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com
The Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities (BACA) has introduced the QR Code scanning technology in cultural and archaeological sites.
BACA uses the latest technological means to enhance the promotion of the rich cultural heritage in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
Visitors to the archaeological site will have to scan the QR Code or Quick Response Code attached in nameplate through their mobile phones or smart devices to obtain more information in advance about the place.
BACA has taken this step in an effort to make the experience of visitors to the archaeological sites more memorable, and to encourage the revitalisation of internal cultural tourism.
The Department of Antiquities and Museums started the first phase of providing sites with nameplates and identifying information about them accompanied by a QR code.
The first stage includes 12 sites, namely Eastern Aali Burial Mounds Field, Western A’ali Burial Mounds Field, Ain Um Al-Sujur Archaeological Site, Dilmun and Tylos Burials at Al Hajar Site, Hamad Town 1 (Buri) Burial Mounds Field, Hamad Town 2 (Karzakan) Burial Mounds Field, Hamad Town Hamad Burial Mounds Field 3 (Dar Kulaib), Tylos burials at Jannusan site, Diraz temple, Saar archaeological site, early Islamic settlement of Ali, and Tylos burials at Al Shakhoura site.
A visitor can view detailed information either in a short film or text in both Arabic and English by scanning the QR Code on the site using mobile phones and smart devices.
With this step, BACA is keen to keep pace with the latest international technical means adopted in promoting cultural sites, as there has a great reliance by the public on the use of smart devices in their daily activities.
BACA started using the QR Code instead of printed information boards and brochures.
This method of displaying site information reduces the cost of promotion by traditional means, and also reduces the cost to be incurred through printed publications.
It also helps achieve better protection for the public against the coronavirus (COVID-19).
This technology also allows updating information and data from time to time.
QR Code can be seen at Jannusan Tylos Necropolis archaeological site nameplate
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