Tuesday 04 / February / 2025
Muscat: Omani citizens holding ordinary passports will be exempted from visa requirement for their travel for tourism purposes to Türkiye.
Announcing this, the Turkish embassy in Muscat, said: “Dear citizens of the friendly country Sultanate of Oman. By the Presidential Decree No. 7976 dated 23 December 2023, it has been decided that Omani citizens holding ordinary passports will be exempted from visa for their travels with touristic purposes to Türkiye for up to 90 days in any 180 day period.”
The Embassy also clarified on Twitter: “The visa exemption implementation process is in progress and additional information will be provided when it is completed.”
The exemption of visa can significantly impact tourism as more Omanis are likely to visit Türkiye in the coming months, according to the travel agents based in Oman. “The visa-free policy will attract more visitors from Oman, thereby increasing the tourism in Türkiye,”one of them said.
More than 130,000 Omani tourists visited Türkiye during 2022, according to Oman News Agency.
Along with Oman, Türkiye announced exempting visa need for tourism purposes to nationals of Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, the US and Canada. The exemption covers the holders of ordinary passports from these countries for 90 days in any 180 day period, the Turk Press reported, citing a Presidential Decree.
