The opening of the Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre (OCEC) will significantly boost the meetings sector’s contribution to the sultanate’s inbound tourism figures, an industry report has claimed.
The meetings sector accounted for eight percent of inbound tourism to Oman in 2011 and is expected to grow to between 12 and 15 percent in 2014 according to a study of the sultanate’s hotel industry conducted by Colliers International in November 2013.