Oman has been ranked as a top travelling destination for GCC tourists who are looking for short holidays, a senior official of the Ministry of Tourism (MOT) said.
This comes after Oman has emerged as one of the most preferred destinations among GCC travellers, registering a 17 per cent increase in GCC citizens at the end of third quarter of 2014.
According to the latest statistics by the National Centre for Statistics and Information, over 701,311 inbound tourists from the GCC visited the Sultanate until September 2014.