Oman's tourism promotion gets a boost from voluntary initiatives

8/29/2015 6:48:12 PM

(MENAFN- Muscat Daily) Muscat-

Voluntary initiatives to promote various tourist places in Oman through websites campaigns and documentary films are helping the country's tourism sector.

According to a press release one such initiative is Oman Voice which is working to attract more visitors to the sultanate. The website which was launched in February this year has uploaded photos of various tourist sites. The site offers comprehensive information on the sultanate's scenic and tourist attractions said Eng Badr bin Mohamed al Nadabi administrator of the website.

'We have various sections such as museums archaeological sites restaurants cinemas hotels markets and commercial complexes tourist attractions aflaj springs and valleys forts and citadels plains mountains and beaches which give tourists easy access to information. The site also offers a map.'

Speaking about his goal Eng Nadabi said 'My ultimate goal is to promote and support tourism in the sultanate. It is our duty to enrich the country and we should do all we can to promote it.'

Another website Salalah Live has started a campaign through the Snap Chat app. Developed by Majid Tabouk and his friends the initiative aims to promote Salalah during the khareef season. 'We wanted to show the world how Salalah looks like in fall and attract the world's attention through the app. It has swept social networking sites. We have a section on the app 'Story Live' where people can upload videos of their tour of the place. These videos can be viewed by people who have access to the app' said Tabouk.

'We also post tweets and put them as live stories. We have posted 25000 tweets so far which have received good response from GCC countries Australia and the US. This is very encouraging as it helps us increase the number of our tweets and develop more content regarding various places in Salalah.'

A documentary film on Salalah by Walid al Rashdi and his colleagues is another voluntary initiative to encourage country's tourism. The documentary's main focus are the three main projects in Dhofar: Traveller Oasis Itin Oasis and development of Dahariz beach. 'I hope to upload this movie on various social networking sites and YouTube' Rashdi said.

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