SALALAH- The Salalah Tourism Festival 2019 which has begun at the Municipality Recreation Centre offers a variety of cultural, religious, entertaining, sporting, heritage and artistic events designed to cater to the interests of all age groups and segments of society....

MUSCAT- On the occasion of Renaissance day, entry for adult visitors to the National Museum will be free on July 23. The Museum is open all the days from 10 am until 5 pm. On Fridays it is open from...

 Oman’s achievements in women empowerment, including lower maternal mortality and morbidity, better education and healthy pregnancy, have been lauded by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Speaking to the Observer on the World Population Day 2019 last week, Asr Toson, Representative...

    Ahmed bin Nasser al Mehrzi, Minister of Tourism, received in his office on Sunday Najib Balala, Minister of Tourism and Wildlife of Kenya, and his delegation, who are on an official visit to the Sultanate from July 14...

    As the monsoon arrives towards the mountains bringing down the temperature to the twenties, the Salalah Tourism Festival has gained further momentum. A prominent feature of the festival is the wilayat competition which promotes and, in many ways,...

 The booking registers of the hospitality operators in Salalah have brightened as the weather entered into a ‘pleasant zone’ from hot and humid just a week ago. Even as the season delayed by 20 to 25 days, hotliers now agree...

    His Majesty Sultan Qaboos has received thanks from King Willem Alexander of the Netherlands in reply to His Majesty’s greetings cable on the occasion of his birthday. In his cable, King Alexander expressed his utmost thanks for His...

    A delegation from the World Crafts Council (WCC) will visit the Sultanate on July 21 and 22 to oversee a field evaluation for the nomination of the Wilayat Bahla as a World Craft City. The delegation is led...

    The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) continues to expand at a robust pace and grew by 12 per cent during 2018 as against 7.3 per cent in the previous year, according to the bulletin issued by the Central Bank...

    The Ministry of Interior has launched the distance voting system to enable Omani citizens residing outside the Sultanate to cast their ballot in the Majlis Ash’shura 9th term elections. With the new distance voting system there will be...

    His Majesty Sultan Qaboos has sent greetings to President Emmanuel Macron of France on the occasion of his country’s National Day. His Majesty expressed his sincere greetings along with best wishes of good health and happiness to the...

    Hotels in the three-to-five-star category in the Sultanate registered a significant rise till the end of April this year. According to figures released by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI), the revenue reached RO 95.4 million...

    Dr Ali bin Masoud al Sunaidy, Minister of Commerce and Industry, received on Wednesday in his office Reza Rahmani, Iranian Minister of Industry, Mines and Trade. The meeting reviewed indicators of inter-trade and means of increasing the trade...

    The Sultanate and Uzbekistan signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in the field of historical documents and manuscripts. The MoU was signed by Dr Hamad bin Mohammed al Dhoyani, Chairman of National Records and Archives Authority (NRAA), and...

    An evening drizzling on Wednesday was some kind of an announcement to the residents of Salalah that the all important Salalah Tourism Festival (STF) is opening on Thursday with people’s expectations of some new features and new entertainment...