Total revenue of Omani hotels in the three-to-five-star category rose by 10.4% to OMR71.3 million till the end of March 2019 compared to OMR64.6 million for the same period of the previous year.

However, hotel occupancy rates fell by 2.3% to reach 68.4% at the end of March 2019 against 70.1% for the same period of 2018, according the latest monthly statistics released by the (NCSI). Meanwhile, the total number of guests in Omani hotels showed a significant increase by 11.3% in the three-month period of 2019, reaching 483,995 from 435,033 guests for the same period of 2018.

Among the nationalities, Europeans constituted the maximum number of visitors, reaching 214,457. This was followed by 118,220 Omani guests, 54,266 Asian tourists till the end of March 2019 period, the data released by NCSI revealed. There was a rise in the number of American guests, other Arab guests, and African guests by 2.3%, 9.9% and 0.4% to reach 17,460; 18,709; and 3,170 African guests, respectively. However, there was a drop in the number of GCC and Oceanian guests by 13.5% and 4.2% to reach 39,547and 4,685 guests, respectively. Omani hotels received 1.49 million guests and the hotels generated a total revenue of OMR214.1 million in 2018.