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Article: CRUISING ALONG.
- Article from:
- Times of Oman (Muscat, Oman)
- Article date:
- November 7, 2009
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Byline: Aftab H. Kola
IN a determined bid to boost tourism in line with the Ministry of TourismEoe1/4aos set goal of attracting 30 million visitors by the year 2020 and making tourism one of the biggest contributors to OmanEoe1/4aos GDP within the next 11 years, a sophisticated cruise terminal will be inaugurated at Port Sultan Qaboos in the immediate future. According to sources in the Tourism Ministry, the inauguration will take place either in December or in the first quarter of 2010.
According to officials at Port Services Corporation, Port Sultan Qaboos, Eoe1/4EoThe new terminal will ensure fast and trouble-free handling of cruise liners as well as ...