Tourism sector sees boost with increase in visitors to Oman

Muscat: Tourism in the Sultanate of Oman witnessed an increase from January to October 2023 compared to the same period last year, as the number of visitors coming to the Sultanate of Oman reached 3.199 million, an increase of 41.2 per cent.

Ministry of Heritage and Tourism issued tourism indicators in the Sultanate of Oman for the period from January to October 2023

The number of (3-5) stars Hotel guests reached 1.650 million, during the period, an increase by 28.9 per cent compared to the same period in 2022. This generated OMR 178.328 million total revenues, an increase of 27.8 per cent compared to the same period in 2022.

According to the National Center for Statistics and Information, the Occupancy rate of (3-5) stars hotels reached 53.7 per cent during October 2023, an increase of 99 per cent compared to the same month in 2022.

Rad Aljinz Turtles Reserve witnessed a noticeable increase in the number of visitors during the period by 40.5 per cent compared to the same period last year. The total number of visitors reached 41,605, compared with 29,602 visitors in 2022.