Selectour Network to promote Oman as a destination to French tourists
Times News Service
MUSCAT: In a leg up for Omani tourism, a group of French operators hosted by the Sultanate have decided to promote Oman as a destination to their clients.
“The Sultanate’s choice to host the ninth meeting of the company was to highlight Oman’s tourism potential, and its promising opportunities,” said Laurent Abitbol, a chief executive officer of the Selectour Network.
“The Sultanate, despite its considerable efforts, is still unknown to many in the industry in France and Europe. This is why we saw that the meeting was an opportunity to introduce them to the Sultanate and its various tourist elements. They can share their experience through tourism cooperation and increase the number of French tourists visiting Oman, especially after they have seen the hospitality and other features the Sultanate has to offer.
The representatives of more than 200 French tour operators praised the ninth meeting of Selectour Network of French international tourist companies, hosted by the Sultanate.
The meeting was organised by the Arab Orient Tourism company, with the support of the Ministry of Tourism, from April 4 to 8 at the Grand Hormuz Hotel Muscat.
The representatives of these companies also appreciated the Sultanate’s various tourism components, which they learned of during sessions held on the sidelines of the workshop in which the Ministry of Tourism had participated.
The delegates also visited tourist destinations throughout the country at the end of the conference, and lauded the warmth of Omani hospitality, as well as the safety and security throughout the country. They said that dealing with Omani tourism would have positive returns. The visit was sufficient to give a proper impression about Omani tourism and its components.
Salem Adi Al Mamari, Director General of Tourism Promotion at the Ministry of Tourism, emphasized the importance of this meeting in promoting tourism in the Sultanate.