Oman sees a huge surge in GCC, European tourists

Muscat - The revenues of 3 to 5-star hotels in the Sultanate of Oman grew by 117.6 percent until the end of July 2022 to reach 95,332, while the occupancy rate of these hotels was 25.4 percent.

The monthly statistical bulletin for tourism issued by the National Center for Statistics and Information (NCSI) pointed to an increase in the total number of guests of these hotels by 45.4 percent, reaching 903,000 guests at the end of July last year, compared to the same period of 2021, with a total of 620,979 guests.

The statistics showed that the number of GCC nationals increased by 1187.9 percent, to 88,0479 at the end of July from 6,870 during the same period a year ago, followed by an increase in European tourists by 703.2 percent to 193,644 from 24,109 a year ago. The number of Omani guests dropped 7.1 percent from 447,659 to 415,711.

The number of American guests increased by 191.6 percent to 30,210, while the number of African guests increased by 103.3 percent to 4,682 guests.

The number of Asian guests increased by 33.4 percent to 83,736 from 111,703 last year.