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Will vaccine aid collapsing industry? Future of travel and tourism
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The tourism sector is passing through the worst phase in recent times. After its collapse in 2020 due to the global spread of coronavirus, the sector is yet to recover and gasping for survival.
Its road to recovery goes through mass vaccination, which the industry expects to happen soon globally and locally. They are looking for some global policy that allows travel to vaccinated people under standard operating procedure (SOP) to ensure the safety of the passengers and destination.
Commenting on Oman’s scenario, Carlota Alvaro, Assistant Director of Sales at Orascom Hotels in Oman, said, “Tourism in Oman is limited now to the local market. The pandemic has affected the tourism industry badly. Lots of employees have lost their jobs, and the government tried its best to help the collapsing industry by providing support to boost local tourism.”
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Larger flights lined up for charter season
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SALALAH, Sept 6 - End of khareef (monsoon) heralds the beginning of winter season, which is season also for cruise and charter tourism in Salalah.
Though there are 24 more days to go for khareef as per official calendar, the tour operators and those associated with this segment of tourism have started preparing for the season.
According to Meeting Point, which handles most of the charter operations in Salalah, the 2016-17 was a robust season and the outlook for 2017-18 is even better with larger capacity flights in the pipeline.
Mostafa Hussein, General Manager of Meeting point Oman, sounded positive with confirmation of six weekly flights from Germany, Italy, Slovakia and Czech Republic.
Omani company mulls auto LPG initiative
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By Kaushalendra Singh SALALAH: May 1 - Amid discussions over conventional energy and its alternative sources, National Gas Company has floated the idea of use of LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) in automotive sector in Oman. There should not be problem in converting the idea into action as the technology is already available and more than 26 million vehicles are running on ‘Auto Gas’ globally, and Oman has enough LPG to support the initiative. This was stated by the senior officials of National Gas, a 100 per cent Omani company based in Muscat, during their recent visit to Salalah.