Saturday 17 / May / 2025
Muscat: Revenues of 3-5 star hotels in the Sultanate of Oman increased by 10.6 percent to OMR79.43 million by the end of March 2025, compared to OMR71.80 million by the end of March 2024.
Statistics issued by the National Centre for Statistics and Information showed that this increase is attributed to a 2.3 percent increase in the total number of hotel guests, recording approximately 610,176 by the end of last March, compared to 596,366 guests by the end of March 2024.
Regarding the occupancy rate, it increased from 54.9 percent at the end of March 2024 to 59.5 percent at the end of the same month in 2025, recording an increase of 8.3 percentage points.
The number of guests from the Americas reached 21,781, an increase of 11.6 percent, while the number of guests from the African continent reached 4,633, an increase of 70.7 percent.
The number of Asian guests increased by 10.1 percent to reach 87,210, and from Oceania, 13,098 guests, an increase of 50.9 percent.
Statistics indicated a 9.1 percent decrease in the number of Omani guests, reaching 171,809 by the end of March 2025, while the number of guests from the Gulf Cooperation Council countries increased by 18.2 percent, reaching 37,646 guests.
The number of guests of other Arab nationalities also declined by 7.7 percent, reaching 22,533. Meanwhile, the number of European guests increased by 7.5 percent, reaching 232,986 guests.
