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EDITOR IN CHIEF- ABDULLAH BIN SALIM AL SHUEILI

Khareef visitors spent over RO 65 million last year

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MUSCAT: The total expenditure of Khareef Salalah visitors in 2016 stood at RO 65,663,911, a growth by 30 per cent, according to the bulletin issued by the National Centre for Statistics and Information. The bulletin added that the expenditure on leisure constituted 91.3 per cent or about RO 60 million of the total expenditure compared to 4.9 per cent on business tourism. As per the same bulletin, the expenditure on accommodation constituted 35.8 per cent of the total expenditure compared to 22.9 per cent on food and beverage and 21.8 per cent on transportation, leisure and shopping. The average expenditure by Kuwaitis was the highest with RO 285 per person, followed by Qataris with RO 279 per person. The average expenditure of Asians was the lowest with RO 62.8 per person.


The statistics of the Central Bank of Oman showed that the cash withdrawals through ATM during the Khareef season increased by 7 per cent during July 2016 to hit RO 70.9 million compared to RO 66.2 million in June 2016. In August 2018, the cash withdrawals increased by 13.9 per cent to hit RO 80.8 million. The number of withdrawals transactions during July, August and September 2016 stood at 687,000, 752,000 and 612,000 respectively. The number of visitors increased by 26.8 per cent to stay at 652,986 compared to 514,777 during 2015 season. The Omani visitors constituted 70.5 per cent or 460,345 of the total number of visitors, followed by the Gulf visitors with 17.5 per cent or 114,107 and the Asian 55,904 and other Arab 17,333. The number of visitors from European nationalities stood at 3499 compared to 798 non-European foreign visitors. — ONA


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