Oman’s four- and five-star hotels saw strong growth in the first half of 2014 in terms of occupancy, guest numbers and revenues.
The latest data from the country’s National Centre for Statistics and Information shows that a total of 368,764 guests stayed at the hotels in the six months to the end of June, up 20.7% on the same period in 2013.
Meanwhile, revenues were up 8.7% to OR86.3 million (US $224.2 million), while the occupancy rate rose 3.3 percentage points to 64.6%.
The strongest source market for these hotels was Europe, with the number of guests from the continent up 28.5% to 132,898.
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Domestic guest numbers held up well, up 14.1% to 106,791, while there was particularly strong growth from Asia, up 28.5% to 37,361.
The busiest month of the year so far this year for the four- and five-star hotels has been March, when they welcomed 71,225 guests.
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