The revenues of three to five-star hotels in Oman stood at OR93.094m ($242m) at the end of April 2024, up by 10.7 per cent compared to the same period in 2023.

Statistics issued by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) showed that the total number of hotel guests rose by 14.9 per cent to 767,900 guests by the end of April 2024, compared to 668,168 guests during the corresponding period in 2023.

Meanwhile, hotel occupancy rate registered a growth of 7 per cent.

Oman tourism revenue

According to the NCSI statistics, among the nationalities, Europeans topped the number of guests in hotels, with their numbers reaching 262,651.

As many as 241,058 were Omani guests (an increase of 9.6 per cent), and 109,104 were Asian guests (up by 22.5 per cent).

The number of guests from GCC countries rose by 7.8 per cent to 47,809 whereas the number of African guests fell by 0.8 per cent to reach 3,826.

The number of guests from Oceanian countries fell by 27.9 per cent to 11,488 guests.