Over 44,000 tourists visit Jabal Akhdar in four months

Jabal Al-Akhdar: The number of visitors to the Wilayat of Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar in Al-Dakhiliyah Governorate, during the past four months of this year, reached 44,678 visitors, according to statistics issued by the National Center for Statistics and Information.

The number of Omani citizens who visited the state of Jabal Al-Akhdar reached 8,581, the number of Saudi tourists reached 1,144, the number of Kuwaiti visitors reached 414, the number of Emirati visitors reached 240, the number of Bahraini visitors reached 161, and the number of Qatari visitors reached 175. a visitor.

Statistics issued by the center indicated that the number of tourists from other Arab nationalities reached 1,460, while the number of visitors from foreign nationalities reached 32,503.

The Wilayat of Al Jabal Al Akhdar in Al Dakhiliyah Governorate is one of the most popular tourist destinations for many visitors in the Sultanate of Oman during the summer because of its mild climate in summer and the availability of many different hotel facilities.

The Ministry of Heritage and Tourism is keen to encourage investment in the state of Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar by attracting projects that contribute to enhancing tourism demand, such as tourist resorts, hotels, rest houses and guesthouses, and the local community benefiting from the tourism activity. It helps them to see and learn about the most important agricultural crops that the state is famous for during the summer, such as pomegranates, grapes, peaches, apricots and other agricultural crops. The various villages of the state are also characterized by many heritage tourist attractions and ancient villages that also help to attract large numbers of tourists from different countries. Gulf, Arab, Asian, European and American.

It is worth mentioning that the Wilayat of Al Jabal Al Akhdar in Al Dakhiliyah Governorate is one of the most important areas of ecotourism and adventure tourism in the Sultanate of Oman.