Winter tourism season begins in Dhofar Governorate I Times of Oman

Winter tourism season begins in Dhofar Governorate I Times of Oman

Muscat: With the beginning of the winter season in Dhofar Governorate, a number of the European tourist groups visited the governorate.

Dhofar Governorate began receiving European tourist groups after the arrival of the first direct flights for the winter tourism season from Czech and Slovakia to Salalah Airport, as part of the strategy of the Ministry of Heritage and Tourism in promoting the governorate as a tourist destination throughout the year.

Marwan bin Abdul Hakim Al Ghassani, Director of the Tourism Promotion Department at the Directorate General of Heritage and Tourism in the Governorate of Dhofar, said that the ministry, in cooperation with the partners of the tourism sector, is working to attract more charter flights from European countries and cruise ships.

Al Ghassani stressed the importance of the efforts made by the ministry, in cooperation with tourism partners, to create all conditions for the success of the tourist season.

"The Ministry of Heritage and Tourism, in conjunction with the winter tourism season, will implement during the coming period a number of diverse tourism events and activities and many targeted and attractive programmes for local or international tourism, most notably the frankincense season in late November and the Empty Quarter Festival in the Niyabat