Thursday 26 / December / 2024
Muscat: Muscat Awards Forum on tourism investment opportunities kicked off on Monday at Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre (OCEC).
Organised by Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI), the two-day forum covers opportunities in tourism, sports and real estate investment in Oman. It is attended by a large number of investors and entrepreneurs from Oman and abroad.
Muscat Awards also explores investment opportunities in projects conducted by three ministries and two public firms: The Ministry of Heritage and Tourism, the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth, ASAAS Company and Khazaen Economic City.
The opening ceremony included a visual presentation about 'Mamun' crowdfunding platform, a model of the Jabal Shams mountain peak project and a visual presentation on another tourism project.
Faisal Abdullah Al Rawas, Chairman of Board of Directors of OCCI, said that the forum reflects OCCI’s keenness to join hands with the public sector to develop a sound tourism and investment infrastructure, attract local and foreign investments and lend support to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) operating in the field.
The forum offered an opportunity to showcase a broad range of tourism investment opportunities. It allowed investors and companies to hold bilateral meetings to review opportunities available to the participants. Pioneers in the field of tourism and real estate investment in the Sultanate of Oman were honoured during the forum.
Participants in the forum include Omani SMEs specialized in the fields of sports tourism, adventure and entertainment, companies from GCC states and other Arab countries, in addition to a group of Russian and Thai companies specialized in the supply of requirements for hotels and tourist resorts.
