Here’s why Qurum Nature Reserve is a fantastic tourist destination in Oman | Times of Oman

Here’s why Qurum Nature Reserve is a fantastic tourist destination in Oman | Times of Oman

Muscat: Qurum Nature Reserve is the first nature reserve in the Sultanate of Oman and a refuge for many endemic and migratory marine creatures and birds.

Coastal wetland sites constitute wide extensions on the coastal strip of Oman.

Badr bin Saif Al Busaidi, Environmental Systems Specialist at the Environment Authority, said: "The Qurum Nature Reserve is the first site registered under the Ramsar Convention of international importance in the Sultanate of Oman under Royal Decree No. (64/2012) and is located in the capital, Muscat (Qurum), facing the Sea of Oman. It has a total area of 104.5775 hectares."

The reserve has a high hydrological importance, and it is a natural forest in which there is one type of natural mangrove tree (Avicenna Marina), the only species that has the ability to adapt to the climatic situation of the Omani environment.

Mangroves help protect the khors and surrounding areas from floods, cyclones and erosion, purify the atmosphere of greenhouse gases by absorbing carbon dioxide, and are a natural habitat for endemic and migratory birds.

The reserve is distinguished by the diversity of the organisms and seabirds that live in it, as 27 types of crustaceans, 48 types of molluscs and 40 types of fish have been