The number of hotel guests in the Sultanate of Oman rose by 8.6% during the period from January to May 2025 to reach 990,240, compared with 911,830 guests during the same period in 2024.
Statistics issued by Oman's National Centre for Statistics and Information showed that revenues of 3- to 5-star hotels in the Sultanate of Oman rose by 18.5% in the period from January to May 2025 to reach 128.426 million Omani rials, compared with 108.379 million Omani rials in the same period in 2024, according to the Oman News Agency.
The statistics indicated that hotel occupancy rose from 50.8% in the first 5 months of 2024 to 58.3% in the same period of 2025, an increase of 14.9%.
Regarding the distribution of guests by nationality, the statistics showed that guests from Oceania led growth with an increase of 57% to reach 21,100 guests, followed by Africa with 47.5% and 6,866 guests.
The number of guests from the Americas also rose by 20.5% to reach 34,563, while the number of European guests increased by 20.1% to reach 344,159.
The number of guests from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries rose by 13% to reach 65,998, while Asian nationalities recorded an increase of 3.8% with 138,319 guests, and the number of Omani guests rose by 1.1% to reach 308,940.
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