Ashraf AboArafe
The Sultanate of Oman opens huge investment projects in the tourism sector to maximize the benefits of this vital sector, not only in the national economy, but also in hundreds of investment opportunities, especially in the small and medium enterprises sector, which is reflected in the labor market in the region or governorate in which these projects are held. , which achieves the desired added value and stimulates the tourism movement. In addition to what Oman possesses of promising tourism ingredients, it relies on what the Lord Almighty endowed it with a pristine nature with multiple products that meet all the tastes of tourists from all parts of the earth, and which are integrated with the diverse weather in several different places. It also has a clear vision and strategy for the development of the tourism sector. And developing it, by establishing a tourism structure that meets the needs of tourists and strives to provide high quality services.
These investment tourism projects also contribute to achieving the desired goals of decentralization, and contribute clearly to the development of governorates with tourism potential in a way that will make a difference in the near future, and will place the Sultanate of Oman in a position that suits its potential on the global tourism map, in addition to achieving a vision “Oman 2040”, which aims to achieve optimal employment of the tourism potentials that the Sultanate abounds in at the natural, heritage, cultural and other levels.
The “Neighbourhood of the Coast” tourism project, which is located in the Wilayat of Qurayyat in the Governorate of Muscat, is considered one of the vital and important projects that achieve these goals and work to achieve the required tourism development, especially since it is the first integrated tourism project under the freehold system with permanent residence for foreigners.
The importance of this promising project, which recently witnessed the launch of sales of residential units, is evident. As it represents an added value to the tourism sector, as it is an integrated tourism project that will be built on an area of more than one million and 300 thousand square meters, and it will have a role in reviving the tourism and economic movement in the Sultanate of Oman in general and the Wilayat of Qurayyat in particular, as the project comes within the framework of implementing the Omani strategy Tourism, which plays a major role in achieving the aspired economic diversification, which will effectively benefit the nation and the citizen, as the new project is a major shift in the Omani tourism industry, and a model that can be generalized.
This promising project expresses maximizing the role of the private sector in achieving the required partnership, as the private sector plays a major role in achieving economic and social development in most countries of the world. Therefore, the Sultanate of Oman is working according to the vision of “Oman 2040” to support it with all aspects of support, and to provide the appropriate environment that enables it to play its expected role, as the government seeks to make the private sector the main engine of the economic growth process, with its development capabilities, and based on what distinguishes it. The spirit of initiative, risk-taking, creativity and innovation, exerting effort in management, and the opportunities it possesses to improve and develop its funds, in a way that guarantees its ability to compete and positively influence the process of economic growth.
