Cruise tourism on rise in Oman

T TV Wednesday 17/April/2019 18:51 PM
By: Times News Service

Cruise ships visiting Oman’s port during the year 2018-2019 has reached to 298, showing an increase of 106 compared to the year 2017-2018.
While the number of cruise ships that arrived at Sultan Qaboos Port was 147 ships, it was 72 at Khasab port and 79 at Salalah port.
It is expected that in 2019-2020, the number of cruise ships visiting Oman would reach to 360.
The number of tourists who came on cruise ships in 2018 was 193,467, and it is expected to reach to 220,000 in 2019.