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The UAE Ministry of Interior has announced that talks are under way to ease travel between the UAE and Oman.

A discussion on mutual benefits, ways to strengthen the countries’ relationship and exchange expertise on security issues was conducted in a meeting between Lt Gen. Saif Abdullah Al Shaafar, Undersecretary at the Ministry of Interior and Lt Gen Hassan Bin Mohsin Al Shariqi, Inspector General of Police and Customs in Oman.

The Oman 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.

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The Ministry of Tourism has claimed that up to US $35 billion will be invested in the tourism industry of the Sultanate over 25 years.

At present there are 315 hotels in Oman accounting for 16,691 rooms.