 Extracts
about tourism from Address by His Majesty Sultan
Qaboos bin Said to the students of Sultan Qaboos
University (2/5/2000)
"now we can say that we
have begun to open up scope for investment and we
have begun to invest. And we are attracting some
investment from abroad. We have begun to open up
to
tourism in a rational, realistic and carefully
considered manner. We certainly do not encourage
tourism in its general unrestricted sense.
Tourism has a positive side and a negative side and we
are concentrating on the positive side. We thank
God that there are many positive aspects and they
have started to produce beneficial results which,
God willing, will have a positive impact in
providing employment for our sons and daughters
(and our daughters and sons) in the hotel sector
and a wide range of other sectors."
Extracts
about tourism from His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin
Said Speech Before The Opening of The Annual
Session of The Council of Oman (12/10/2004 )
"We have a strong
belief in the importance of the tourism sector,
since it is an emerging industry at international
level where it has become one of the main sources
of revenue in many developed countries. And
because God has bestowed our country with an
environment and geographical diversity, as well as
other essential elements, that makes it a
favourable tourist destination in the region, we
took the decision to establish a Ministry of
Tourism to administer this vital and important
sector. We hope that those who are in charge of
its work will take the appropriate steps to
expedite the implementation of the carefully
studied procedures and steps which are necessary
to develop this sector in the near future, God
willing. This should be achieved through
coordination with the other concerned government
departments and private sector"
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