Remote country near WW3 hotspot aims to be new Brit holiday resort with £8bn on new projects including ‘Green Mountain’

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A REMOTE country a stone’s throw from fierce fighting, which some say could spark World War Three, is the latest holiday option for Brits.

Huge new plans for Oman, in the Middle East, could see millions of tourists flock to the Sultanate in the coming years.

Project Oman Vision 2040 is hoped to draw 11 million tourists to the country in 2040[/caption]

A new complex will feature a wellness centre, a training centre, and a museum[/caption]

A budget of £1.87billion will provide housing and accommodation for tourists[/caption]

Three villages will offer 2,527 residences to accommodate 8,000 people[/caption]

The UN World Tourism Organisation is working to make the Middle East a centre of tourism innovation.

More than 87 million international tourists visited the war-ravaged region last year, which was well above pre-pandemic levels, including four million people who toured Oman.

Brits are currently able to stay in the Sultanate for up to 14 days without a visa.

Plans are now underway to make Oman a top tourist destination.

New sites – including the Jebel Akhdar Mountain, also known as “The Green Mountain” – have been introduced to entice travellers.

The mountain is to be built some 93 miles from Oman’s capital Muscat, and will have an altitude of 2,400 metres.

Some £1.87billion will be spent on housing for residents and accommodation for tourists, with three peak villages to offer 2,527 residences and accommodate more than 8,000 people.

Two-thousand hotel rooms will accommodate more than 2,300 overnight visitors and 2,000 tourists daily.

The complex will also feature a wellness centre, a training centre, an amphitheatre, a museum, and a new cable car to access the area as well as new leisure and biodiversity space, the Wadi Al Harbi park.

Rock climbing, bungee jumping, and mountain, among other activities, will be made available to guests, and external solar parks dependent solely on renewable energy installed.

Oman is known to enjoy an extensive coral strip, which the country’s tourism sector could take better advantage of by equipping it for sea travel and entertainment.

By 2040, Oman’s Tourism Ministry wants to see 11 million tourists visit the Sultanate per year.

The tourism sector is expected to increase its contribution to GDP to more than £7.7billion in 2024, and represent 7.6 per cent of the economy.

The sector is expected to employ more than 206,000 people, meaning one in every 14 Oman residents will work in tourism.

Middle Eastern countries have confirmed 109 projects with an investment of £5.3billion between 2018 and 2023.

Oman’s tourism sector will employ more than 206,000 people by 2040[/caption]

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