Strict action to be taken against unlicenced hotel owners in Oman

Strict action to be taken against unlicenced hotel owners in Oman

Muscat: The Ministry of Heritage and Tourism (MHT) has warned unlicenced owners of guesthouses and hotels of strict action if they don’t seek tourism licences for their establishments.

The warning comes in the light of a campaign launched by the ministry to streamline unlicenced guesthouses, hotels and homestays.

The campaign is to ensure that the owners get licences from the ministry to maintain quality services to guests and visitors.

According to the ministry, there are more than 1,700 unlicenced tourist establishments in Oman and the operations of these unlicenced hotels and guesthouses do affect the quality of tourism services in the Sultanate of Oman.

To regulate the tourism sector and check the malpractices, the ministry started a month-long awareness campaign called ‘Quality begins with licencing’.

In his remarks to Shabiba Radio, Talal bin Humaid Al Khusaibi, Assistant Director General of Tourism Licencing and Investor Services at the Ministry of Heritage and Tourism, said: “The Ministry of Heritage and Tourism recently launched a campaign under the slogan ‘Quality begins with licencing’. It is an educational campaign aimed at regulating the work of hotel establishments, especially unlicenced ones, whose number exceeds 1,700 in all governorates across the Sultanate of Oman.”

Al Khusaibi added, “The campaign aims to sustain