(MENAFN- Muscat Daily) Muscat- The Dhofar governorate has started receiving tourists for the khareef season. According to the Ministry of Tourism (MoT) preparations have been made in advance as the season coincides with Eid al Fitr and Eid al Adha holidays. MoT officials are also conducting inspections to ensure hotels are ready.'Marhoon bin Saeed al Ameri, director general of Tourism in Dhofar governorate, said that the ministry has completed printing maps of Dhofar for 2018.
MoT is also coordinating with the Directorate General of Education in Dhofar to prepare for the participation of the directorate in the summer camp for scouts.
Participants will be given a visual presentation on the importance of tourism sector. The scouts will also be taken on a tour.
The Directorate General of Sports Affairs in Dhofar is also working for the development of the village exhibition, particularly to prepare for the tourist corner and organising awareness lectures for participants at the camp of the Youth Clubs in Dhofar governorate.
In addition to this, continuous meetings with the officials of the hotel establishments in Dhofar governorate are being held to discuss the readiness for the tourist season.
These efforts are to ensure that all hotel establishments are ready to receive the guests of the sultanate and make their required facilities and services available. The readiness of employees in these establishments, and importance of dealing with tour operators, guides and organising hotel cabs are also being looked into.
The quality control team of the Directorate General of Tourism in Dhofar governorate is continuously visiting these hotel establishments and conducting inspections. The officials are inspecting reception and front desks of the hotels, their kitchens and rooms to make sure that the service is ready before the onset of the khareef season.
Ameri said that MoT was interested in providing all basic services to the tourists such as temporary and permanent information centres at all the corridors of land route and Salalah Airport.
In cooperation with the Dhofar Municipality, 22 mobile toilet facilities also have been made available. MoT is also involved in the implementation of the project to list all visitors coming to Dhofar through land and airports.
The project is implemented by the National Centre for Statistics and Information in cooperation with MoT and the ROP between June 21 and September 21 every year.
Dhofar receives tourists for khareef season; Ministry inspecting hotels for readiness
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