TOURISM INDEX REPORTMarch 2016

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Summary till the month of March 2016

(114)Thousand Visitors: The total number of cruise ships visitors till the month of March for the year 2016.

(52,977) Thousand Omani Rials: Total of (3-5 stars) hotel revenues till the month of March 2016.

THE TOP FIVE NATIONALITIES

THE TOP FIVE COUNTRYS

Germany Italy United Kingdom Spain France

33,521 17,804 17,304 3,5855,218

186,321 67,296 59,327

(360,080) Guests: Total number of guests in (3-5 stars) hotel till the month of March 2016.

(684) Thousand Visitors: The total number of visitors arriving to the Sultanate till the month of March 2016.

(1.4) Million Visitors: The total number of visitors departing the Sultanate till the month of March 2016.

Other GulfNationalities

Indian Germany OmaniBritish

56,935 32,754

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Total numbers of visitors arriving to the Sultanate during the month of March 2016.

The percentage of increase in the number of visitors arriving to the Sultanate during the month of March 2016, compared to the same month of the previous year.

1- Number of Inbound and Outbound Visitors

257Thousand Visitors

10.0%

The Gulf visitors except Omani’s come at the first place, where their number reached 80 thousand visitors forming 31.3% during the month of March 2016.

The Indian, Geman and British nationalities came at the second, third and fourth place consecutively where they formed 9.8%, 8.9% and 7.6% during the month of March 2016.

• 1-1 Number of Inbound Visitors *

Chart (2): Inbound Tourism: Number of Visitors, by month’s 2015 – 2016.

AmericansEuropeansAsiansOmanis Other Arabs

Other gulf Nationalities Oceanian non

SpacifiedAfricans

8,868

8,53

4

85,7

75

80,46

6

14,91

4

3,427

1,908

16

78,69

2

11,55

0

56,96

1

11,55

7

2,191

2,629

27

63,80

6

12,51

5

46,39

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100 Thousand

Chart (1): Inbound Tourism: Number of Visitors, by nationalities group for the month of March 2015 – 2016.

Dec.March AprilJanuary Aug. Oct.June Nov.February July Sept.May

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2015

2016

2016

* Include Cruise ship visitors.

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The Number of visitors departing from the Sultanate during the month of March 2016.

The percentage of increase of visitors departing from the Sultanate in March 2016, compared to the same month of the previous year.

406 Thousand Visitors

5.2%

The Omanis departures form 58.7% from the total of visitors departing the Sultanate during the month of March 2016.

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Chart (3): Outbound Tourism: Number of visitors, for the month of March 2015 – 2016

• 1-2 Number of Outbound Visitors

238,2

28

167,7

85

229,9

59

156,0

45

ForeignersOmanis

Chart (4): Outbound Tourism: Number of Visitors, by months, 2015 – 2016

20152016

March AprilJanuary JuneFebruary JulyMay Dec.Aug. Oct. Nov.Sept.

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Chart (5): Cruise Ships Visitors: Number of Visitors, by nationalities for the month of March 2015 – 2016.

2٫016 25033٫086

1,660 223

Chart (6): Cruise Ships Visitors: Number of Visitors, by months, 2015 – 2016.

16,911

513 1,003

3,608

2- Cruise Ships Visitors

Number of cruise ships visitors during the month of March 2016.

Percentage of Europeans visitors from the total of visitors, most of them are Germeny Nationality 36%.

Percentage increase in number of cruise ships visitors during the month of March 2016, compared to the same month of the previous year. totaling (22) Thousand visitors

Percentage decrease in number of cruise ship visitors during the month of March 2016, compared to the previous month of the same year, totaling (37) Thousand visitors.

68% 1.7%

37.2 Thousand

Visitors

89%

Europeans Americans Africans106

Asians Oceanian

0

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Chart (7): Accommodation Services: Number of guests, by nationalities for the month of March 2015 – 2016

35,98733,090 577 4,139

1,10512,39811,493

5,081 44,108 1,874

611 4,220

1,07812,99910,743

4,948 52,588 2,829

Chart (8): Accommodation Services: price index*, by months, 2015 – 2016.

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* Rooms price index for (4-5 stars) hotels only.

The revenues of (3-5 stars) Hotels reached (18,788) Thousand Omani Rial during the month of March 2016, compared to (20,397) Thousand Omani Rial in March 2015 with a decrease of (7.9%).

Total number of guests in the hotels during the month of March 2016 reached (126,004) guest compared to (113,863) guest during the same month in the year 2015 with a Increase of (10.7%).

Total occupancy rate in hotels mentioned reached (69.0%) during the month of March 2016, compared to (68.0%) in March 2015, with a Increase of (1.5%).

Revenues

Guests Occupancy

3- Accommodation Services

60

90

120

15020152016

March AprilJanuary JuneFebruary JulyMay

Omanis

G.C.C

Other Arabs

Africans

Asians

Europeans

Americans

Oceanian

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