The number of visitors to the Salalah Khareef season at the end of the sixth week (from June 21 June to August 1, 2018) reached 444,700. The arrival of tourists increased by 47.1 percent compared to the same period in 2017, which was 302,296.
According to the latest statistics released by the (NCSI), the number of visitors increased by 16.9% to 143,892 compared to 123,080 visitors during the fifth week of the current season.
NCSI Statistics showed that the number of visitors who arrived by land during the end of the sixth week increased 81% to 360,379 visitors, which is a rise of 58.7% compared to 227,114 visitors during the same period of 2017. The number also showed an increase of 18.5% to 122,073 from 102,979 visitors in the fifth week of the current season.
A total of 84,321 visitors reached Dhofar governorate by air, an increase of 12.2% over the same period in 2017, which was registered at 75,182 visitors.
The number of visitors by air increased by 8.5% compared to the fifth week of the current season, with the number of arrivals on domestic flights increasing from 14,762 visitors in the fifth week to 16,339 visitors in the sixth week. The number of visitors arriving by international flights reached 5,480 in the sixth week compared to 5,339 in the fifth week.
The tourists from Gulf regions, including the Omanis, accounted for 93.5% of the total visitors to the Salalah autumn season during the sixth week, reaching 415,578 visitors compared to 266,865 visitors during the same period of 2017, which is a rise of 55.7%, followed by visitors 15,933 visitors of Asian nationality, down from 24,739 visitors during the same period, which is a decrease of 35.6%.
Of the total number of visitors, 10,563 were from other Arab countries, 1,642 from European countries, and 984 were from other countries.
The statistics showed that 81.8%, or 117,713 visitors, during the sixth week were residents of the Sultanate and 26,179 were non-residents.
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