SALALAH: The winter season in the Sultanate of Oman began when the first batch of European tourists were received at SalaIah Airport in the Dhofar governorate on Wednesday.
The tourists from Czech Republic and Slovakia reached here via chartered flights as part of the strategy of the Ministry of Heritage and Tourism in promoting the governorate as a tourist destination throughout the year.
Marwan bin Abdul Hakim Al Ghassani, Director of the Tourism Promotion Department at the Directorate General of Heritage and Tourism in the Governorate of Dhofar, said that the ministry, in cooperation with the partners of the tourism sector, is working to attract more charter flights from European countries and cruise ships.
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“The Ministry will implement events such as the frankincense season in late November and the Empty Quarter Festival in the Niyabat of Al Shasr in the Wilayat of Thumrait,” Al Ghassani said.
The Director of the Tourism Promotion Department pointed out that the winter tourism season in the Governorate of Dhofar has become an essential element in the local economy and has a positive impact on the tourism sector directly and other sectors indirectly.
The winter tourism season in the Governorate of Dhofar constitutes a return to the tourism sector, which motivates the owners of hotels, camps and all tourist and service establishments to present events, activities and offers with the aim of attracting more tourists and stimulating the economic and commercial movement.
The Dhofar Governorate is rich in many archaeological sites registered in the World Heritage List (Al Baleed, Samharam, Al Shisr), the Museum of the Land of Frankincense, and historical forts in the wilayats of Taqah, Mirbat and Sadah.
The governorate is also rich in many natural reserves such as the Jabal Samhan Reserve, the Wadi Dawkah Reserve for frankincense trees, and the Al-Akhwar Reserves that extend on the coast of the governorate.
Wildlife and large numbers of migratory and visiting birds are also spread in Dhofar governorate, as well as adventure tourism through free walking, mountain climbing, mountain bikes, and sand challenge with four-wheel drive vehicles.
In addition to practicing all kinds of marine sports activities, diving, watching coral reefs, and other diverse tourist activities such as marine sports and watching dolphins, whales and birds.
