Oman has won the “Best Arabian Tourist Destination” award at ITB Berlin, the world’s leading travel trade show, which concluded recently in the German capital.

Also, the German Market Based Representative of the Ministry of Tourism of Oman has won the third place in ‘Marketing the country as a tourism destination for the German market’, highlighting the streamlining efforts of both the Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry’s MBRs.

The awards were given by “Go Asia” website and were received by Ahmed bin Nasser al Mahrizi, Minister of Tourism.

Bin Nasser also met different representatives of the GCC and Arab countries, as well as international tourism organizations at the ITB Berlin trade show, to discuss different investment opportunities for Oman, as well as opportunities to educate the different markets on the tourism industry in the Sultanate.

He encouraged the different organizations to consider the Sultanate as a prime destination, as it is one of the fastest growing tourism destinations around the world.

Bin Nasser also met the president of the tourism committee for the German Parliament, Hake Brehme. The delegates discussed the growing trend of German tourists visiting the Sultanate and the main tourism attractions which are of interest to these tourists in visiting Oman. German tourism has increased by 11.2 per cent to account for 66,044 tourists in 2015.

Samia Al Busaidi, a participant at ITB Berlin from Muscat Nature Tour, stated that ITB Berlin is one of the most successful and important trade shows, as it brings many benefits for the participants, such as meeting international representatives and discussing tourism in the Sultanate.

ITB Berlin is one of the largest international trade shows in the world and has been operating for 50 years. This year, 38 Omani organizations participated alongside over 10,000 participants from 180 countries. – TradeArabia News Service