[Oman-l] Tourism in the Gulf
Shirley Wardle
shirley@wardle33.freeserve.co.uk
Thu, 28 Sep 2000 19:30:53 +0100
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Kuwait, Dubai, Saudi and Qatar have established 'directions' for their =
tourism, but from recent e-mail discussions I can see that the general =
opinion is that Oman's 'direction' is less clear. Having worked in some =
of these Gulf states, I find it very interesting that Oman is the only =
one that has already established its tourist shops, both in the souks =
and modern shopping malls. In Kuwait I managed to find 4 such shops, =
hidden away in a small village, but in Qatar, I never found a =
'gift/traditional craft' shop yet. The only Qatari presents I found to =
bring back to the UK were videos of Qatar (how it is now and how it was =
in the past).
Is the Omani retail industry so ready for tourists because they've =
learned from all the cruise and war ships that have visited the port? =
Why haven't other states followed their example?
Shirley
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