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Dhofar Municipality’s move to construct a pedestrian footbridge is a huge relief for the residents of Al Wadi, Salalah Al Garbiya and its adjoining areas in New Salalah on the Southern side of Al...

Salalah, June 19 - Officially, the Khareef season in Salalah commences on Thursday (June 21). In all likelihood, the monsoon will hit the same day — a rare coincidence which had occurred in 2014....

SALALAH, June 18 - Oman’s sustainable tourism development received endorsement from ‘Green Globe International Standard for Sustainable Tourism’ at an award ceremony held recently in...

Salalah, June 16 - Long queues of cars on routes leading to tourist locations in Salalah and the rush at tourist sites is an indication that a lot of people from north Oman have chosen to visit...

Salalah, June 12 - Advance planning and an ‘Emergency Outflow Plan’ played a big role in saving Salalah from a disaster during the tropical storm Mekunu. The Salalah Sanitary Drainage Services...

Salalah, June 11 - The ‘movers and shakers’ of social media are gearing up to promote Dhofar as it prepares for Salalah Tourism Festival. Some 35 individuals, some of them considered social media...

Salalah, June 10 - Salalah, which bore the brunt of Cyclone Mekunu recently, has returned to normal. Yet, there was a slight difference in the shopping pattern ahead of the Eid. The weather,...

SALALAH, June 9 - The restoration and rehabilitation work in cyclone-affected areas in Dhofar is going on a war footing. No one would have thought restoration of full connectivity between Dhalkout and...

SALALAH, June 6 - Cyclone Mekunu has made Dhofar colourful and stunning before the advent of Khareef. The cyclone did make lots of noise but left many things for the visitors, to behold and indulge....

SALALAH, June 3 - When most of the people are taken aback by adverse weather conditions that hit Salalah recently and many others who are still debating the damages and stories doing the round, Salah...

SALALAH, June 2 - The Dhofar Municipality has taken up the challenging task of restoring access to tourism sites which faced rough weather during the adverse weather conditions. Many of them either...

SALALAH, May 29 - Ten thousand evacuations, so many lives saved, loss of life and property minimised; defence, telecom, electricity and water operators did their best to maintain all these services...

SALALAH, MAY 28 - Everyone, specifically every government department did its bit to ensure that the Mekunu-caused damage could be minimised and maximum support be given to the affected people. Some...

SALALAH: The cleaning operation has started in full swing in Salalah. The civic committees are doing the cleaning works in coordination with Public Authority of Civil Defence and Ambulance, Royal Oman...

SALALAH, MAY 27 - In the time of crisis it was the cordiality that helped the hoteliers. Most of the beach hotels were affected by the tropical cyclone Mekunu and normal operations were hit due to...

Cylone Mekunu is set to make landfall in Salalah on Friday. The Royal Oman Police (ROP), Public Authority for Civil Defence and Ambulances (PACDA) and Public Authority for Civil Aviation (PACA),...

SALALAH, May 23 - A high-level meeting discussed the precautionary measures in the wake of alert sounded by meteorological departments about the cyclonic storm Mekunu. Sayyid Mohammed bin Sultan al...

SALALAH, May 23 - After sudden thickening of clouds and early disappearance of sun in Salalah, long queues of cars were seen at all the petrol stations as no one was seem to be taking chance. It was...

SALALAH, May 23 - Food and festivity go together. So is people’s love for traditional food. Ramadhan is the best time to get home-made traditional food, which are pure, delicious and easily...

SALALAH – A high-level meeting discussed precautionary measures in the wake of alert sounded by meteorological departments about the cyclonic storm Mekunu. Mohammed bin Sultan bin Hamoud al...