Apart from India, the top four nationalities, which visited the Sultanate of Oman were the GCC countries, Germany, China and Yemen
More than 315,000 Indian travellers visited the Sultanate of Oman in first six months of the current year, after travel increased after Covid-19 restrictions were lifted. According to a press statement by the Ministry of Heritage and Tourism, the Indian tourists were the second highest travellers to visit Oman. Apart from India, the top four nationalities, which visited the Sultanate of Oman were 698,000 from the GCC countries, 91,000 from Germany, 66,000 from China and 52,000 from Yemen.
The board adds that the total number of travellers arriving in the Sultanate numbered 1.9 million by the end of June, while more than four million travellers departed the Sultanate until the end of June. While the percentage of increase in Omani visitors from the total number of outbound visitors was over 66 pc in January to June 2023, more than 126,000 Omanis departed the Sultanate during until June, 2023 as compared to the same period last year. Oman’s domestic tourists departed for various destinations
after staying put at one place following the pandemic.
Inbound visitors from the GCC countries numbered 147,819 till June 2023, while they were 153,422 in the corresponding month of last year. Other Arabs numbered 32,276 till June 2023, while they were less in number due to Covid-19 restrictions at 21,858 in June 2022. Until the end of June 2023, 3-5-star hotels earned a revenue of OMR 11 million (INR 2.4 billion) from as many as 943,000 hotel guests.
