The total revenues of Omani hotels in the three-to-five-star category fell by 9.2% to OMR 20.64 million (USD 53.4 million) until the end of January compared to OMR 22.74 million (USD 58.8 million) for the same period of 2019.

Hotel occupancy rates also dropped by 10.4% to reach 55.9% at the end of January against 62.5% for the same period of 2019, according the latest monthly statistics released by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI).

Meanwhile, the total number of guests in Omani hotels fell by 1.4% in the first month of 2020, reaching 144,270 guests from 146,261 guests for the same period of 2019. Among the nationalities, Europeans constituted the maximum number of visitors, reaching 58,075, followed by Omani guests (40,138 visitors) and Asian tourists (15,746 visitors) till the end of January.