Oman’s inbound tourism spending rises to $6bln in last 4 years

Oman’s inbound tourism spending rises to $6bln in last 4 years

The current five-year plan has witnessed the opening of many major tourism and infrastructure projects that support the tourism sector, most notably Muscat International Airport, which received more than 16 million passengers in 2019, on incoming and outgoing international and domestic flights, compared to 10.3 million passengers in 2015.The current five-year plan also witnessed the opening of the Oman Convention and Exhibition Center (OCEC), which hosted many local and international conferences and exhibitions that contributed to the revitalization of conference tourism.The tourist visa facilities provided by the Royal Oman Police (ROP) contributed to the increase in the number of tourists coming to the Sultanate. The statistical data indicate that 1.8 million inbound visitors arrived in the Sultanate in 2019, with tourist visas, compared to 1.2 million visitors in 2015 -