From the Gulf Daily News » Bahraini adventurer Ali Mushaima and his friendship team will promote Bahrain's pearling industry during a road trip to Oman that begins today.

They will promote tourism and heritage in Bahrain, including a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) nomination for pearling that will be submitted by the Culture and National Heritage Sector in January.

The team includes photographers Ammar Hammad and Haider Akbar, writer Taha Alawi and former Bahrain resident Maria Ramos.

During the eight-day trip from Bahrain to Oman - Manama to Muscat - the group will visit Buraimi, and Niswa.

Following the trip Mr Mushaima will publish 101 Things to See and Do in Oman, which has been commissioned by the Omani Tourism Ministry.

To mark the trip organisers have launched a website competition which will see the winner receiving a certified pearl ring.

The competition is open until January 15.

The team will make another trip, from Bahrain to Yemen, entitled Port of Pearls to Port of Coffee, in January. The last trip will be from Bahrain to Greece, or Tylos to Thessaloniki, in May.

The tour follows on from Mr Mushaima and his team's Friendship Tour of the Gulf in April and a Friendship Tour around the Middle East and Europe last year.