Muscat gets its own Big Bus Tours
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Big Bus Tours along with Travel Point LLC have brought the Big Bus Tours into Muscat.
The operation of these buses was flagged off by HE Maitha Saif Majid Al Mahrouqi, undersecretary of the ministry of tourism at the Royal Opera House Muscat.
“The Ministry of Tourism is working with government and private sector agencies to ensure sustainable development of tourism in accordance with Oman’s Vision 2020. The objective of introducing the Big Bus Tours in Oman is to endorse the beauty of this country to people of the world, which is in tune to our objective,” added HE Maitha Saif Majid Al Mahrouqi.
The Big Bus tour will be a hop-on, hop-off sightseeing tour designed to cover the major landmarks and historic sites. Commentary will be available in six languages – English, Arabic, French, German, Italian and Spanish. The tour will start at Muttrah Souk and return to Muttrah Corniche, which takes about two hours to complete per circuit and covers 12 stops on the route. A total of five buses have been brought into Oman. The seating capacity of each bus is 71 passengers at a time, with some buses having a complete open top facility, and the others having the choice of air conditioning, canopy and an open top.