[Oman-l] Oman news from arabia.com

[BaaboodA@aol.com]

The Arab-British Trade latest issue July/August 2000, Vol. 8, Issue 4 ran a 
feature on Hotels and Tourism in the Arab World Trends and Opportunities. 
This feature is drawn from the Millennium report entitled "Middle East 
Hotels-Trends and Opportunities" compiled by Hospitality Valuation Services 
(HVS) International. On p. 19, this feature reports that, according to the 
World Tourism Organisation, tourism arrivals to Oman increased by 
approximately 22 per cent to 617,000, enabling occupancy levels for Muscat 
quality hotels to increase marginally to 57 per cent in 1999 despite the 
increase in supply recently experienced in the city. In addition, the 
dampening of the economy and the increase in supply with the recent opening 
of the Radisson SAS have caused average rates to decrease by 4.2 per cent to 
$91, decreasing further below the $100 threshold.

This is a far cry from what PerryH has reported from Muscat as to the level 
of tourists visiting Oman! In the least the two contrasting figures are 
irreconcilable and causes confusion. To be able to get a better picture could 
we ask for a source for PerryH figure of 35K tourists?

Thanx


Abdulla



In a message dated 10/09/00 21:22:22 GMT Daylight Time, craigwal@ihug.com.au 
writes:

<< Subj:     Re: [Oman-l] Oman news from arabia.com
 Date:  10/09/00 21:22:22 GMT Daylight Time
 From:  craigwal@ihug.com.au (Craig Wallace)
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 Exactly what we used to say daily on the figures quoted there for hotels
 every week!!!
 Are you working again already then?
 Comments?
 Craig
 ----- Original Message -----
 From: Perry H <perryh@omantel.net.om>
 To: <oman-l@oman.org>
 Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 12:22 PM
 Subject: Re: [Oman-l] Oman news from arabia.com
 
 
 > Re tourist village article.
 > These are new figures to me. The one for tourist numbers that I have seen
 > quoted here (in Oman) most commonly is about 35K tourists for the last
 year.
 > As for the rial earned by hotels - this is pretty amazing given there are
 so
 > few hotels. On the whole I find the figures VERY hard to believe.
 > PerryH
 > Muscat
 >
 >
 >
 > ----- Original Message -----
 > From: Joachim Duester <oman@compuserve.com>
 > To: Oman Maillist <Oman-L@oman.org>
 > Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 1:30 AM
 > Subject: [Oman-l] Oman news from arabia.com
 >
 >
 > >
 > > OMAN BARKA PRIVATE POWER PLANT TO COST $455 M
 > > The 400-megawatt Barka power project would include a 20 million gallon
 > > water
 > > desalination plant.
 > > http://www.arabia.com/article/0,1690,Business|28418,00.html
 > >
 > > OMAN STARTS BUILDING A $150 M TOURIST VILLAGE
 > > The Gulf Arab state is on a drive to diversify its economy away from oil
 > > and
 > > gas revenues which make up about 70% of its income.
 > > http://www.arabia.com/article/0,1690,Business|28371,00.html
 > >
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