Muscat: The number of visitors coming to the Sultanate of Oman increased by 12.2 percent to 1,73,000 between January and March 2024 compared to the same period last year.
The number of guests received by three to five-star hotels increased by 12.1 percent to 598,000 in the first quarter of 2024, while revenues increased by 8.3 percent to RO71,907,000, compared to the same period in 2023.
The occupancy rate of 3-5 star hotels was 55.6 percent during the first quarter of 2024, an increase of 2.2% compared to the same period in 2023.
According to UN Tourism, in 2023 international tourist arrivals recovered 89 percent of 2019 levels and export revenues from tourism 96 percent, while direct tourism GDP reached the same levels as in 2019.
UN Tourism’s projection for 2024 points to a full recovery of international tourism with arrivals growing two percent above 2019 levels.
The Middle East saw the strongest relative growth, with international arrivals exceeding by 36 percent pre-pandemic levels in Q1 2024, or 4 percent above Q1 2023.
This follows an extraordinary performance in 2023 when the Middle East became the first world region to recover pre-pandemic numbers (+22%).
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