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Muscat: His Majesty the Sultan Haitham bin Tarik will patronize the official opening of the Oman Across Ages Museum in the Wilayat of Manah on Monday.His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik also issued...

Muscat: Oman and Etihad Rail Company, the developer and operator of the railway network connecting the Sultanate and the United Arab Emirates, has invited specialized contractors to apply for the...

The Environment Authority (EA) has issued an administrative decision (31/2023), approving the management plan for the National Natural Park Reserve in the Musandam Governorate.The decision stipulated...

Indian nationals dominated the number of Asian tourists coming to the Sultanate of Oman in 2022, according to the Ministry of Heritage and Tourism (MoHT).The ministry said that of the 2.9 million...

Muscat: Residents in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) can now get a Saudi tourist visa regardless of their profession, the Saudi tourism minister Ahmed al Khateeb said on Thursday.“The visa...

Muscat: With the Sultanate frequently exposed to various natural disasters such as flash floods, and tropical weather systems, including cyclones, the concerned authorities have launched an alert...

Muscat: Airports Council International (ACI) has recognized big and small airports across the world for their customer service excellence in 2022 during ACI’s annual Airport Service Quality (ASQ)...

Oman Tourism Development Company (Omran) has affirmed that work on several projects is progressing at a steady pace and is in various stages of implementation.Speaking to the Observer, Ammar al...

Muscat: The Sultanate's passport is currently ranked 99 in the most powerful passport index, with a total score of 65.50, which is based on the government's approach not just to travel, but also to...

The Sultanate of Oman’s tourism sector performed exceptionally well, and exceeded expectations in 2022, two senior officials of the Ministry of Heritage and Tourism told the Observer in an exclusive...

The aviation sector in the Sultanate of Oman reported a robust recovery in 2022 in line with the global demand for travel.The number of inbound and outbound international flights through the airports...

The Minister of Transport, Communications and Information Technology (MoTCIT) said that the laboratory for net zero emissions identified 18 initiatives to be implemented by 2050.The initiatives...

Muscat - The number of inbound and outbound international flights through the airports of Muscat, Salalah, and Suhar increased by 28 percent, to reach 65,220 flights at the end of December 2022,...

Muscat: The Ministry of Transport and Communications and Information Technology (MTCIT) on Wednesday unveiled that marine logistics, digital and economy, and development of dry ports (truck cargo)...

The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) said it would stop approving and importing communication devices that do not support a minimum 4G network.TRA said VoLTE (Voice over 4G LTE) network...

The Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology is planning to roll out Aber taxi-meter mobile app soon for all Orange and White taxis to calculate fares and distance. All...

MUSCAT: The Ministry of Education (MoE) has said that the new education plan has been prepared to keep pace with the requirements of sustainable development and future skills, in addition to...

As part of the efforts to upgrade the telecom services to meet the needs of the future, the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) will stop providing third-generation (3G) mobile services...

While the 27th Muscat International Book Fair is the biggest one-stop shop for all kinds of books and novels, it also offers a platform for discussions on a wide range of topics that affect modern...

Several potential buyers of vehicles in the Sultanate of Oman are forced to change their purchase plans due to a shortage of new cars in the market, which is yet to recover from the shutdowns of...