OMR1.9 billion total revenues from tourism sector in 2022

OMR1.9 billion total revenues from tourism sector in 2022

Muscat: His Excellency Salem bin Mohammed Al Mahrouqi, Minister of Heritage and Tourism, confirmed that the tourism sector in the Sultanate of Oman is witnessing steady growth in all fields, expressing his hope that the tourism sector's contribution to the gross domestic product will reach 2. 75 per cent during the next two years, compared to 2. 4 per cent by the end of 2022. His Excellency said in a statement to the Oman News Agency that the contribution of the Omani tourism sector to the gross domestic product amounted to OMR 1. 07 billion in 2022 out of total revenues amounting to OMR 1. 9 billion in the same year. The number of tourists is also constantly rising both at the level of domestic tourism and the tourist flow from outside the Sultanate of Oman. His Excellency added that there is an intensive plan to promote all tourism components, and the financial tools and resources that will be employed in this aspect in the coming year have been approved through qualitative international events that will represent milestones in the promotional plan, most notably the announcement of the Sultanate of Oman as the official partner of the largest international exhibitions