More than 1.8 million square metres Ras Al Hadd project comes within a strategy to develop the tourism sector, diversify sources of national economy and maximise the utilisation of tourism sites.
Work on first stage of the US$649 million Ras Al Hadd tourism project is due to begin soon, according to the Oman Tourism Development Company minister responsible for financial affairs, deputy chairman (Omran) Darwish bin Ismail Al Balushi.
He stated that the first stage of the 1.8 million square metres multi-phase project will be initiated during the first quarter of 2016.
The joint venture between the Sultanate’s Government, represented by Omran and Al Diar Real Estate Investment Company of Qatar, comes after an agreement was signed in November 2014 to set up a tourism project in Ras Al Hadd in the Wilayat of Sur in the Governorate of South A’Sharqiyah.
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The project will be developed in four phases, the first one includes the establishment of a 100-room eco-themed resort, 50 hotel villas, 150 residential villas and a 7,000-sq-m souq, set for completion by the end of 2018.
Phase two involves the addition of 100 new five-star hotel rooms to the resort, as well as an additional 196 residential villas, a centre for wildlife preservation and an observation park set over a 10,000 square metre area.
Phase three will see the construction of a separate 200-room five-star resort, an additional 50 hotel villas and 179 residential villas, as well as the development of a new market area covering 16,000 square metres and the construction of a specialised marine life park.
The final phase of the Ras Al Hadd project will see the opening of a 150-room five-star hotel, 50 hotel villas, 175 new residential villas, as well as the construction of a dedicated heritage village, in addition to a specialised staff accommodation zone housing 836 employees.
The company said in a statement published on its website that the resort and residential developments, as well as the attractions, firmly adhere to the core themes of sustainability and responsible tourism management.
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