Omran to review development of waterfront project in Muttrah

In line with the directions of the Oman Investment Authority to review and evaluate the Mina Sultan Qaboos Waterfront Project, Omran Group will re-study the project and turn it into a world-class mixed-use tourist attraction.

Omran aims to develop it with a commitment to the specificity of the port site and the historical and architectural heritage of the surrounding area, while providing tourism activi-ties factoring in the local community.

A discussion on reinvigorating the project was held during the ninth meeting of Muscat Municipal Council on Monday, under the chairmanship of H E Sayyid Saud bin Hilal al Busaidi, Governor of Muscat and Chairman of Muscat Municipal Council.

The meeting delved on Omran's tourism projects being implemented in the governorate.

“Omran will develop the Mina Sultan Qaboos Waterfront Project as a world-class facility to attract tourists,” said Ammar Sulaiman al Kharusi, head of development at the group.

Kharusi added that Omran seeks to achieve the objectives of the National Tourism Strategy 2040 by increasing the number of jobs, increasing the contribution of tourism to the gross domestic product from six to ten per cent, developing the local economy and more than a thousand small and medium enterprises, as well as improving the quality of tourism facilities.

According to Kharusi, Omran is implementing a number of tourism projects in Muscat, including Jebel Sifah, the Sustainable City Yiti, Muscat Bay, the Four Seasons Resort, a mixeduse project in Qurum, Madinat al Irfan and Al Mouj Muscat.