Tony Walsh – author & tours through Arabia
OMRAN, the Oman Ministry of Tourism’s subsidiary, will have a new CEO, from May 1st. He will join OMRAN following the departure, for personal reasons, of the previous CEO James Wilson in February 2017.
The arrival of the new CEO Continue reading “Oman’s OMRAN appoints a new CEO”
Oman Air has issued its 2016 financial statement.
Oman Air’s chairman H.E. Darwish bin Ismail bin Ali Al Balushi highlighted the introduction of 4 new Boing 737-800s which will give a total of 47 aircraft within the fleet. This lead to a total of 7.7million passengers using Oman Air,
an increase of 21% over 2015 with an increase in available Continue reading “Oman Air’s 2016 financial results.”
Writing the revision for the Bradt Guide to Oman – Experiences that could and could not be included for a difficult area to deal with. I needed not only focus on finishing the text & maps but also change my viewpoint of Oman’s tourism.
Previously, for my tour company organising a visit into a museum in Oman for tourists would be pre-planned in a basic tour, a special visit to Honey Bee keeper Continue reading “Including local experiences in the Bradt Guide to Oman”
Tourist Visa regulations for Oman have just been revised by the issuing authority, the Royal Oman Police (ROP) , on both effective price and period.
READ A REVISION ANNOUNCED 24 JUNE 2018 TO SOME OF THE DETAILS BELOW
Previously a 10 day tourist visa was available, on demand at the place of arrival for many nationalities, it cost Rial Omani 5 Continue reading “Oman Visa regulations are revised”
May can often be Oman’s hottest month and temperatures over 40c are frequent. This means that Oman’s Top 5 things in May activities need to be selected to take the heat into account.
Though spending time in one of Oman’s almost innumerable Continue reading “Oman’s Top 5 things to do in May”
Ad Duqm was once, only a few years ago, a small village with a couple of shops, an equal number of local restaurants and it was a cash economy with not even a bank. However times have changed and Oman’s Ad Duqm Port and Free Trade Zone Ad Duqm (Duqm SEZA) hosted Oman Wanfang LLC, a Chinese company, for a signing ceremony on the 19th April for Oman Wanfang to develop 1,172 hectares of land adjacent to Ad Duqm’s port as Oman China Industrial Park at Ad Duqm.
Ad Duqm is a key part of Oman’s renewed focus Continue reading “Ad Duqm Port and Free Trade Zone”
For a safe holiday destination, it seems Finland is the place to go, however for those who crave winter sun, there is a far more appealing option, Oman.
According to the World Economic Forum Continue reading “Oman appears in the Top 5 safest travel destinations reports World Economic Forum”
The Oman side of the much needed road crossing into Saudi is having an integrated fuel station built.
Just north of crowded Oxford Street in London is probably the most opulent single collection of decorative arts in Britain, the Wallace Collection in Hertford House.
Gifted to Britain by Lady Wallace in 1897, the collection was Continue reading “Wallace Collection and Daunt Books”
With work underway the opening on the new InterContinental Muscat Hills Hotel Resort and Spa
will add to Oman’s Continue reading “InterContinental Muscat Hills”