Oman’s Tourism Ministry, Oman Air and Muscat’s 4 and 5 star hotels have masterminded a totally new strategy to attract visitors from the UK and Europe, with a highly competitive tactical campaign to be launched 

The Sultanate will host the International Conference on Responsible Tourism Destination in Muscat during the period 10-12 October 2010. The main objective of the conference comprises the following:

• Contribute towards preparing a general framework and polices for responsible Tourism in cooperation with international

The maiden Arabian Gulf voyage of the amazing Brilliance of the Seas luxury cruise ship proved to be a grand celebratory occasion, as especially invited dignitaries, travel trade executives and members of the media were welcomed on board to experience the myriad

Temperatures have dropped below zero degrees in the highlands of Jabal Shams and Jabal al Sara causing water to freeze and hailstones to rain on villages in the area. Particles of fine powdery snow could be seen — as usual during this time of the year —

Monday morning saw an imposing luxury liner cruise elegantly down the blue waters at Port Sultan Qaboos. Docking there for about 10 hours on its way to Fujayrah, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain and back to Dubai, the ‘Costa Luminosa’, the jewel in the crown of the Costa Cruises fleet, glinted in the winter sun — all 16 decks (12 for guests) and 965 feet of it.

The official opening of the Swiss-Belhotel Resort Masirah, under the auspices of Sayyid Badr bin Saud al Busaidy, Minister Responsible for Defence Affairs, yesterday marked a historic moment for the island, this being its first fully fledged resort hotel and for the general development of tourism in Oman.

National Ferries Company (NFC), which manages the Sultanate’s state-of-the-art high-speed coastal ferry service, operated a special “reconnaissance” run from Port Sultan Qaboos to Masirah Island in the Sharqiyah region at the weekend. The exploratory sailing was part of a study aimed at evaluating the overall feasibility

The 5th round of the executive office of the Arab Ministerial Tourism Council kicked off at Muscat InterContinental Hotel yesterday. Speaking at the opening of the two-day meeting, Dr Rajha bint Abdulameer bin Ali, Minister of Tourism, said that the conference is being convened in the backdrop of a delicate global scenario

The Costa Luminosa luxurious cruise liner called on its maiden voyage to Port Sultan Qaboos recently.  The vessel, which belongs to Costa Cruises, arrived with 1,801 tourists and 909 crew members of different nationalities.