Over 400,000 tourists visit Khareef Dhofar by end of July 2025
The preliminary statistics showed that the number of Omani visitors increased by 75.6% to 334,399. The number of visitors from GCC countries was 69,801, while visitors of other nationalities totaled 37,900.
A total of 334,846 visitors arrived in Dhofar Governorate by land through the end of July 2025, while 107,254 visitors arrived via flights, an increase of 10.9% compared to those who arrived by air at the end of July 2024.
It is worth noting that 95.3% of the visitors to Khareef Dhofar season through the end of July 2025 came between 1 July and 31 July, while 4.7% arrived between 21 June 2025 and 30 June 2025.
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