Arrival of tourists to Salalah rises

Oman Wednesday 19/September/2018 21:10 PM
By: Times News Service
Arrival of tourists to Salalah rises

Muscat: The number of visitors to Salalah Tourism Season at the end of the 12th week (21 June to 12 September 2018) reached 820,074. The arrival of tourists increased by 28.5 per cent compared to the same period in 2017, which was 638,324 visitors. According to the latest statistics released by the National Centre for Statistics and Information, the number of visitors fell by 44.3 per cent to 8,152 compared to 14,638 visitors during the 11th week of the season. The number of visitors who arrived by land during the end of the 12th week reached 79.9 per cent to 655,219 visitors, which is a rise of 37.2 per cent compared to 477,393 visitors during the same period of 2017. The number also showed a drop of 62.8% to 3,124 from 8,402 visitors in the 11th week of the season. A total of 164,855 visitors reached Dhofar Governorate by air, an increase of 2.4% over the same period in 2017, which was registered at 160,931 visitors.