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The
sultanate of Oman is located in southwest Asia in southeast the Arabian
Peninsula. The sultanate shares boarders with United Arab
Emirates
to the northwest, Saudi
Arabia
to the west, and Yemen to the southwest. The capital of the country is
Muscat.
Arabic is the main language. However, there are some other languages
spoken
such as English, Hindi, Persian, Swahili and Baluchi.
There
are about 3 millions
people live in the sultanate. Islam is the main religion in the
country. Meanwhile,
there are other religions have started to exist such as Christianity
and Hinduism
which are mostly practiced by people being naturalized. The president
of the
county is Sultan Qaboos who has
ruled the country since 1970. The Omani
currency is Riyal which equals to 3 US dollars.
Oman
has started producing oil
in 1950’s. The oil sector is considered the main source of the
country's
income. The country thought to rely in other sources. Therefore,
the country has tried to open other income sources such as
industrialization
and tourism. The government has developed the industrialization by
establishing
big companies in the sultanate, and signed agreemnts with big
international companies.
Since Oman has a lot of attractions, the
government has started thinking of tourism intelligently. So, by the
end of
last century, the government planned many steps to take in order to develop the tourism sector in Oman.
