Travel, Tourism & Hospitality
Over 1m visitors to Dhofar by end of August 2025
The number of visitors to Dhofar Governorate in Oman during the Khareef (monsoon) season from June 21 to August 31, 2025, increased by 2 per cent, reaching approximately 1,027,255 visitors compared to 1,006,635 visitors during the same period in 2024.
The number of visitors to Dhofar Governorate in Oman during the Khareef (monsoon) season from June 21 to August 31, 2025, increased by 2 per cent, reaching approximately 1,027,255 visitors compared to 1,006,635 visitors during the same period in 2024.
Initial estimates of Khareef Dhofar 2025 visitors, released by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI), show that the number of Omani visitors increased by 71.5 per cent to 734,225, reported ONA.
Visitors from other GCC countries totalled 179,246, while visitors from other nationalities reached 113,784.
A total of 251,064 visitors arrived in Dhofar by air by the end of August 2025, while 776,191 visitors came through land checkpoints, a 1.3 per cent decrease compared to those who arrived by land by the end of August 2024.