Thursday 28 / November / 2024
Muscat: The revenue of 3-5 star hotels in the Sultanate of Oman by the end of August 2022 recorded a surge of 106.9 per cent to stand at OMR108.334 million compared to the same period in 2021, according to the latest data issued by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI).
The number of guests in the 3-5 star hotels increased by 34.2 per cent till the end of August 2022. The occupancy rate in those hotels went up by 22.4 per cent by the end of August 2022 to stand at 42.5 per cent compared to 34.7 per cent during the same period in 2021.
The number of GCC guests recorded a significant growth rate of 1250.9 per cent going from 7,874 guests by the end of August 2021 to reach 106,371 guests by the end of August 2022, followed by European guests, who recorded a rise of 615.9 per cent from 26,400 guests by the end of August 2021 to reach 189,008 guests by the end of August 2022. However, the number of Omani guests declined by 14.9 per cent from 556,035 by the end of August 2021 to 473,232 by the end of August 2022.
The number of American guests by the end of August 2022 stood at 35,803, comprising an increase of 201.5 per cent compared to the same period in 2021, while the number of guests from the African continent stood at 5198, constituting a surge of 101.9 per cent compared to the same period in 2021.
Moreover, the number of Asian guests went up by 40.2 per cent from 91,273 to the end of August 2021 to reach 127,995 guests during the same period in 2022.
