More than 13,000 visitors recorded at Land of Frankincense sites

Oman Sunday 06/January/2019 12:02 PM
By: Times News Service
More than 13,000 visitors recorded at Land of Frankincense sites

Muscat: A total of 13,511 tourists visited the Land of Frankincense sites in Dhofar in December last year, according to statistics from the Department of Frankincense Land Sites at His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said's Advisor for Cultural Affairs' office.
Statistics showed that the number of visitors to Al Baleed Archaeological Park and Laban Museum reached 6,522 visitors, while the visitors of Samherm archaeological park reached 4,117. Visitors to Wadi Dooka Nature Reserve for frankincense trees reached 1,408 and the visitors to Obar archaeological site were 1,464.
Al Baleed, Samherm, Obar, and Wadi Dooka are registered sites on the World Heritage List under the name of Al-Laban lands. The Office of His Majesty's Advisor for Cultural Affairs develops and provides them with service and aesthetic facilities to promote cultural and archaeological tourism in Dhofar.