Muscat - Revenues of 3-5 star hotels in the Sultanate of Oman increased by 6.2 percent by the end of December 2024 to reach RO243,356 compared to RO229,256 by the end of December 2023.
Statistics issued by the National Center for Statistics and Information (NCSI) attributed the surge in revenues to a 3.6 percent increase in the total 2,145,579 guests, by the end of December 2024, compared to 2,071,169 guests at the end of December 2023, while the occupancy rate recorded a growth of 2.1 percent.
Statistics showed an increase in the number of Omani guests by 4.5 percent, reaching 804,291 guests, while the number of guests from the Gulf was 198,535.
The number of other Arab guests reached 103,034, an increase of 10.3 percent, while the number of European guests increased by 4.3 percent to reach 539,470 guests.
The number of guests from the Americas was 61,751, an increase of 6.9 percent, while the number of guests from Africa was 12,742 guests, an increase of 9.2 percent, while the number of Asian guests increased by 4.7 percent to reach 311,150 guests, and Oceania 33,052 guests, a decrease of 26.1 percent.
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