Oman’s inbound tourism rises to OMR2.3 billion in last 4 years

  • Date: 20-Sep-2020
  • Source: Times of Oman
  • Sector:Tourism
  • Country:Oman
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Oman’s inbound tourism rises to OMR2.3 billion in last 4 years

Muscat: The spending of inbound tourism increased in the last four years of the current five-year plan to OMR2.3 billion, compared to OMR2.1 billion in the previous five-year plan (2011-2015).This indicator reflects the tourism growth in the current five-year plan which started in 2016 and ends this year.Tourism is one of the main sectors that the Sultanate focuses on in the current five-year plan. It has witnessed many positive indicators, supported by an increase in government investments in establishing infrastructure and an increase in private sector investment. The annual statistical book recently issued by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) indicated that inbound tourism spending increased last year to about OMR685 million, compared to OMR364.7 million in 2015. The inbound tourism spending recorded successive annual growth over the