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Cruise ship docking in Muscat, Oman. Photo: www.123rf.com
Oman’s burgeoning cruise tourism industry is upbeat about prospects of a home port for cruise liners being established in Muscat, Oman’s capital city – an outcome that could potentially have game-changing implications for the wider domestic tourism sector, according a veteran shipping executive, www.zawaya.com reports.
M C Jose, CEO of Khimji Ramdas Shipping, by far the biggest player in the Sultanate’s cruise shipping trade, attributes this growing outlook to two principal developments: firstly, the expansion and modernisation of Muscat International Airport, and secondly, the conversion of Muscat’s Port Sultan Qaboos into a dedicated hub for maritime and cruise tourism.
Read the whole story at (external link) www.zawya.com/story/Home_port_is_key_to_Omans_cruise_tourism_industry-ZAWYA20150630052201
Kilde / Source: Oman Daily Observer – www.zawaya.com
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