Hotel regulations tweaked to energise tourism sector in Oman

Hotel regulations tweaked to energise tourism sector in Oman

The Ministry of Heritage and Tourism aims for a great leap in the quality and efficiency of the hotel sector.

Muscat: The Ministry of Heritage and Tourism has updated a regulation that was issued in November 2021 on the construction of hotel establishments.

The regulation seeks to keep up standards and empower tourism development in the governorates of the Sultanate of Oman in accordance with the existing needs. It also aims to maintain balance between the types of hotel establishments and the needs of tenants.

Saeed bin Hareb Al Obaidani, Director General of Tourism Development at the Ministry of Heritage and Tourism, said that the ministry aims, through this modernisation process, to raise the quality and make a qualitative leap in the quality and efficiency of the hotel sector, to provide accommodation options that meet the requirements of citizens, residents and tourists, and to increase the number of quality establishments that may contribute to providing work opportunities for citizens and raise the sector’s contribution to the gross national product.

The Director General of Tourism Development at the Ministry of Heritage and Tourism indicated that the number of current rooms exceeded the target set by the Omani tourism strategy, bringing the total number of rooms