Muscat: The number of visitors to the Dhofar Khareef 2023 season recorded an increase of 18.4 percent to reach about 962,000, compared to 813,000 visitors in 2022.
According to the National Center for Statistics and Information (NCSI), there has been an increase in spending by visitors to the Dhofar Khareef 2023 season to RO103 million, compared to RO86 million in the 2022 season, while the number of nights of stay for visitors increased to 7 million nights, compared to 6 million nights in the 2022 season.
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The data showed that the number of Omani visitors was 666,307 visitors, 69.2 percent of the total visitors, while the number from the GCC countries was 190,853, 19.8 percent of the total visitors, and 68,100 visitors from Asian countries.
The number of visitors from Arab countries was 31,214, followed by 3,740 visitors from Europe, and 1,982 visitors from other countries.
Spending on housing increased by 19.4 percent during this year compared to the 2022 season to RO33,68,567, accounting for 32.2 percent of total spending, followed by spending on food and drink at RO25,598, 657, accounting for 24.9 percent of the total spending.
Spending on travel tickets accounted for 18.8 percent, amounting to RO19,268,818, while spending on other items amounted to RO24,693,979.
Omanis accounted for 62.4 percent of the total spending, amounting to RO64,07,411, while visitors from the GCC countries accounted for 22.5 percent of the total spending, amounting to RO23,80,000 186.
Spending by visitors from the Asian continent amounted to RO6, 316, 147, from other Arab countries amounted to RO5, 776,782, and from other countries 3, 449, 459.
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