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Sultanate of Oman to put Spotlight on Market Competitiveness at Riyadh Travel Fair 2018

The Sultanate of Oman's Ministry of Tourism announced that it will participate at the Riyadh Traveling Fair 2018 along with leading players in regional and worldwide traveling and tourism to display the Sultanate's latest and most competitive tourism tasks set as major tourist attractions for Saudi and regional travelers. The travel exhibition, which will take place from April 10 to 13, 2018, plays a tactical value in linking links among significant travel, tourism, and hospitality choice manufacturers both from the general public and private sectors to review existing and future patterns within the global tourist industry.

Oman's participation at the event intends to advertise the nation as a leading regional tourism destination for vacationer in Saudi Arabia. The event will highlight new and future projects that promises a phenomenal tourist experience for regional and global site visitors, especially the new Muscat International Airport terminal. The most recent infrastructure advancement takes pride in sophisticated facilities such as a bigger path of four square kilometers and a size of 75 meters, capable of receiving the largest airplane on the planet, along with world-class services to suit the influx of passengers.

Salim Bin Udai al Maamari, Director General of Tourist Promotion, Oman Ministry of Tourist, said: "that its involvement at the Riyadh Traveling Fair 2018 becomes part of the Ministry's strategy to advertise the Sultanate within the Gulf tourism market, noting its value as a tactical platform for getting in touch with Saudi and Arab Gulf travelers and offer the viability of the nation's tourist market featuring breathtaking, cultural and historical heritage websites that positions the Sultanate at the center of global destinations."

Al Maamari included: "Our participation in the largest tourist and traveling event in Saudi Arabia is of strategic value as it accompanies the commencement of the new Muscat International Flight terminal and the intro of the electronic system on visa issuance, the e-Visa solutions for non GCC nationals, targeted at assisting in travelers' access according to our efforts to accelerate digital technology gain access to in the sector. We eagerly anticipate highlighting the encouraging possibilities and prospects for financial investments in Oman's tourism field, giving Saudi vacationers the chance to very closely review their choices and option of solutions. Tourist continues to be one of the leading elements in the country's economic diversification program and a big factor to GDP growth."

"We are optimistic about the sectors efficiency this year, which will remain to be a major increase in our efforts to apply key developments, projects and tourism programs in accordance with the Oman Tourist Approach targeted at making the Sultanate among the world's top locations for leisure, expedition and conferences by 2040," he concluded.

The Sultanate of Oman's Ministry of Tourism pavilion at the Riyadh Travel Fair 2018 will hold several local traveling and tourism industry leaders, including the Arabian Experience, Anantara Green Mountain Resort, and Al Baleed Hotel Salalah by Anantara.

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