Over
800 Thousand Visitors to Khareef Dhofar Season
Salalah,
26 Aug (ONA) — The number of visitors to the Khareef Dhofar (monsoon) season
from 21 June to 15 August reached 827,115, a 2.1% increase compared to the same
period in 2024, when the number stood at 810,085. These figures are based on
preliminary estimates of Khareef Dhofar 2025 visitors released by the National
Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI).
The
preliminary statistics showed that the number of Omani visitors grew by 71.5%,
reaching 591,577. Visitors from other GCC countries totaled 143,431, while
visitors of other nationalities numbered 92,107.
A
total of 639,962 visitors arrived in Dhofar Governorate via land ports by 15
August 2025. Meanwhile, 187,153 visitors arrived by air, comprising a 15.5%
increase.
It
is worth noting that 46.5% of all visitors to the Khareef Dhofar season arrived
during the period from 1 August to 15 August 2025.
—Ends/AG
