MUSCAT: With a long holiday expected to be announced soon for the forthcoming Eid, travel agents and border officials are bracing for a large turnout of travellers.
Traditionally, about 200,000 travellers book tickets to fly to favourite destinations such as Thailand, Malaysia, Turkey, India and Dubai during the Eid holidays.
"We are already starting to receive an overwhelming number of...
MUSCAT: With a string of high-profile events coming up in Oman, the Ministry of Tourism is making all efforts to cash in on them by launching a global destination campaign for the first time.
The campaign is slated to be launched today at 5pm at the World Travel Mart in London by Mohammed Al Toobi, undersecretary at the Ministry of Tourism.
The maiden global tourism campaign using Oman's new...
MUSCAT: A move to build Ras Al Hadd and Adam airports has taken one step ahead, with the Tender Board floating two separate tenders to construct terminal buildings.
The Tender Board floated these tenders yesterday seeking local and international construction companies to pre-qualify themselves for participating in contracts to design and construct two terminal buildings - one for Ras Al Hadd with...
As we write, more than two million pilgrims from across the world have converged on Makkah and Madina, Islam's two holiest cities gearing up for Haj which will begin from Thursday.
Pilgrims from Oman, including the Oman Haj Mission led by Sheikh Issa bin Yousef Al Busaidy, have already reached there. And like every year, this year too pilgrims are raising the issue of the opening of the Omani-...
The Sultanate represented by Ministry of Tourism will take part in the four-day London World Travel Market (WTM).
The World Travel Market is an annual event in tourism industry that is organised with the participation of 46,000 travel agencies, from 187 countries across the world.
The Sultanate's delegation in the WTM will be led by Mohammed bin Hamoud Al Toobi, undersecretary of Ministry of...
Abu Dhabi has recorded a 31 per cent rise in the number of Omani guests staying in the emirate's hotels and hotel apartments in the first nine months of this year compared to the same period in 2009.
Figures from the Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA) show that from January to September, 16,415 Omanis stayed in Abu Dhabi with the Sultanate now ranking as the emirate's 16th most productive market...