Oman’s tourism strong amid regional tensions
MUSCAT, OCT 29 Oman’s tourism and travel sector has shown remarkable resilience in the face of ongoing regional geopolitical instability, maintaining steady international visitor arrivals and capturing robust domestic demand throughout the first eight months of 2026. Data released by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) shows that the Sultanate of Oman welcomed 2.5 million visitors between January and August 2026, holding firm at levels comparable to the same period last...
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A week of Muscatian encounters with people, in real life and on screen, as shared by the writer whose name many Omanis often pronounce as “Bridge”. Al Hail, late last Saturday afternoon, in a quiet corner of a farm garden. “I have been feeling a bit depressed. I just really hate being ‘poor’!” sighed my beautiful local friend, who is a little neurotic and never one to understate a feeling. She sat across from me at a picnic table that had cracked under the cruel summer sun. Our...
There are moments in a researcher’s life that quietly reshape the way history is understood. They arrive without ceremony, revealing themselves only through experience. One such moment came when I entered the Bristol Archives expecting to consult only a handful of documents relating to the history of the Sultanate of Oman. Several minutes later,...
Bidiya in North Al Sharqiyah Governorate hosted the 17th Poetry and Folk Heritage Forum, bringing together poets, researchers and enthusiasts of traditional Omani arts to celebrate the Sultanate’s cultural heritage and support its preservation for future generations. The two-day event featured poetry evenings, exchanges of verses and impromptu...
