Flying high: Oman’s tourism sector rises amid development of new airports and leisure projects

Oman travel and tourism sector

Contribution of travel and tourism to GDP 9.3%

Contribution of travel and tourism to employment 209,000

Expected Arrivals (2019) 2.8mn

Tourism is one of the sultanate's five-year economic diversification initiatives Oman's tourism sector to create 535,000 jobs and attract 14 million tourists by 2040 Plan to increase tourism's contribution to GDP to 6-10%, from 2.6% currently

Key projects, initiatives and goals

412 hotels and 22,182 hotel rooms in 2018 Sultan Qaboos Port Waterfront Project, Jabal Al-Akhdar, 13 integrated tourist complexes being developed. New Muscat and Duqm airports built Investments in tourism to reach RO16.72 billion by 2040

Tourism sector's GDPChart to Title rise from RO0.749 billion to RO1.50 billion by 2020 Private sector investment in tourism to hit RO1.8 billion by 2020

India China uk USA Phil

Tourists in Oman (Million) Tourism source markets

4 India - 51% UK - 19% Pakistan - 13% 3 Germany - 9% Philippines - 8%

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Source: Oman National Centre for Statistics and Information

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