Stakeholders agree on the importance of Oman’s heritage sites within its tourism offering, wherever visitors are coming from.
AMIDST A NATIONAL TOURISM STRATEGY (NTS) AIMING TO DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS BY 2020, OMAN CONTINUES TO DIVERSIFY ITS OFFERING SHOWCASING ITS UNIQUE CULTURAL HERITAGE AND DIVERSE SHOPPING OPPORTUNITIES.
Shifting from Oman’s evident ability to provide world-class premises and services for meetings, conferences and events, as well as to ease the burden of travelling for delegates, the country’s resorts, cultural and historical attractions and natural surroundings also lend themselves well to incentives groups.
Contributing to the myriad of highly-anticipated developments positively affecting tourism, while enhancing ever-so-important connectivity to the region, the approaching opening of a new terminal at Muscat International Airport in 2018 and the launch of Salalah International Airport’s new premises in 2015 have both increased expectations.
OMAN’S BUSINESS TRAVEL SECTOR HAS BEEN PUT UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT AS A KEY SEGMENT WITH SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL TO ENHANCE THE SULTANATE’S THRIVING TOURISM INDUSTRY.
In an attempt to promote Oman’s pristine and unique environment to passionate adventurers, the Ministry of Tourism launched a new programme, titled Risk Management and Safety in Adventure Tourism.
Further enhancing on the surroundings, Ray Stopforth, director, Muscat Hills Golf and Country Club, signified that it is important that nature prevails first and foremost, as the design of the golf course allows this to happen, just by the pure nature of its layout within the Wadis Terrain.
Long established as a destination dedicated to preserving the wonders of nature, whilst immersing its exploiters in a surreal experience, Oman promises to cater even for the most demanding of eco-tourists.
SCULPTED BY NATURE AND RENOWNED FOR ITS SUSTAINABLE NODES, OMAN HAS EVERY ECO-TOURIST ON THEIR TOES.
Emirates and Google ran an initiative entitled Celebrating Arabic Reading all through October in a bid to reach millions of smartphone users in the region, and support the UAE's Year of Reading.