​Oman records an increase in number of tourists this Khareef

Oman Sunday 15/July/2018 12:50 PM
By: Times News Service
​Oman records an increase in number of tourists this Khareef

Muscat: The percentage of tourists visiting Salalah during Khareef rose by 73.3 per cent this year when compared to the same period in 2017, data by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) revealed.
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According to latest statistics from NCSI, 125,193 people visited Dhofar Governorate in 2018 in comparison to 72,237 visitors in the same period last year.
Leading the list were Omanis, with 67.5 per cent of them visiting the governorate, while 9.6 per cent were Emiratis and 10.1 per cent were people from other Gulf countries in addition to tourists from other countries.