A water park with a five-star hotel, a mall and five wedding and conference halls will be built in Salalah, Oman, officials were quoted as saying.

Sayyid Mohammed bin Sultan Al Busaidi, Minister of State and Governor of Dhofar, has signed an agreement for the project in the Ittin area with Al Wasl Group for Development and Investment, said a Times of Oman report, quoting a tweet from Dhofar Municipality.

The site of the project is where the Salalah Festival is held annually, it said.

The ageement also includes the execution of the second phase of the Salalah Water Park and maintenance and operations of the project for 25 years. The first phase of the water park is currently under construction. The project will include six types of water rides, a restaurant, a coffee shop, an administration building, parking lot and green areas.

The contract also consists of a 50,000-sq-m project which will also open next to the park. This will have a five-star hotel with 148 rooms, meeting rooms, restaurants and coffee shops, a shopping mall with 218 retail stores, five halls for weddings and conferences, among other amenities.