Oman plans to add thousands of hotel rooms by 2018 as it gears up to attract even more tourists with improved infrastructure.
The tourism ministry expects to add 10,000 hotel rooms by 2018, ranging from luxury resorts to budget hotels, according to Salim Al Mamari, Oman’s ministry of tourism director general of tourism promotion.
At present there are 315 hotels in Oman accounting for 16,691 rooms.
“With the number of new hotels and tourism attractions being developed, we hope to welcome even more this year," said Salim Al Mamari.
“We are also converting a number of self-contained apartments and farm houses to accommodate tourists, giving them the experience of actually living the Omani way," Al Mamari added.
The tourism ministry has set a target of drawing more than 2.5 million tourists in 2016.
Hotels in the pipeline include the Integrated Tourism Complex at Saraya Bandar Jissah, W Hotel and Kempinski The Wave in Muscat, Anantara Al Jabal Al Akhdar in Al Dakhiliya and Al Baleed Resort Salalah by Anantara.
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