According to the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI), 1,007,398 Emiratis visited the Sultanate of Oman compared to 1,049,101 in 2023.
Among other nationalities, 507,839 Indians, 188,891 Yemenis, 99,144 Saudis, and 99,038 Germans visited the country in ten months of 2024.
Overall, 3.2 million visitors arrived in the country.
The hotels reported 47.2 percent occupancy with 1,717,512 guests (2,2417,622 nights), which generated RO186.1 million in revenues.
The three to five-star hotels also employed 3,479 Omanis, a growth of two percent.
In October, hotels in Muscat had an occupancy of 59.8 percent, Al Wusta 49.1 percent, Musandam 51.2 percent, and North al Batinah 74.9 percent among others.
The number of international passengers at Muscat Airport increased by 3.5 percent to 9,716, 134 in the ten months of 2024 compared to 9,388, 957 in 2023 during the same period. There was an increase of 2.1 percent in the number of flights operating at the airport.
The number of domestic passengers at the airport increased by 5.6 percent to 1,004,247 compared to 950,869 in 2023.
Meanwhile, according to the Civil Aviation Authority, passengers using the Muscat Airport dropped by six percent to 955,851 in October 2024 compared to 1,015,235 in 2023.
According to the OAG, for the Winter Season, capacity in the Middle East is up by 6.6 percent in November 2024, compared to in 2023.
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