Khasab Port: A tourist hub for commercial activities, cruise ships

Khasab Port: A tourist hub for commercial activities, cruise ships

Muscat: Khasab Port in Musandam Governorate is one of the most important economic port contributes to enhancing tourism and commercial activity, especially by attracting major cruise ships. What made it an active commercial port, especially after the new expansions that the port witnessed during the last period, represented by the addition of a main breakwater, commercial berths, and the deepening of the port basin to accommodate the increasing traffic with markets and receiving cruise ships coming to the governorate.

Maryam bint Muhammad Al Shehi, Head of the Tourism Promotion Department at the Ministry of Heritage and Tourism in Musandam, said that the port witnesses the influx of many cruise ships with many tourists on board from different countries of the world, explaining that tourists coming to the governorate learn about the most prominent cultural monuments there, such as Khasab Fort and Al-Kamazir Castle. And benefit from the available tourist activities, including watching dolphins and taking sea or land trips in coordination with tourist offices.

She added in a statement to the Oman News Agency that the peak tourism period in Musandam Governorate begins in November of each year, noting that the number of tourists until December 2023, via giant ships, reached (76,156)