Zahara Tours hosts land trips for cruise liner tourists

Zahara Tours, being veteran in hosting and organizing the land tours, organized excursions for the guests onboard the Cruise Liner every Monday in Muscat.

The voyage that began from Italy on 4 December 2006, saw the last one of the twenty four visits to Port Sultan Qaboos and Port Salalah since the start. Costa Classica, the prominent Cruise Liner operated by Italy's largest Cruise Company - Costa Crociere, visited the ports of Greece, Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain, Dubai and Oman with about 1400 passengers from different European countries, mostly from Italy, France, Germany and Spain.

These tours served the purpose of exhibiting the historic splendor and heritage of Oman to the passengers for them to take back wonderful memories of the naturally beautiful Oman. The tour was specifically highlighted with a visit to the Grand Mosque, which stunned the European guests with its aesthetic magnificence. The itinerary also included welcome traditional dances, visit to the beaches, Wadis, local souk, deserts, museums and many other noteworthy spots.

Mr. Gautam Broota, General Manager, Zahara Tours, commented on this milestone, "In close coordination with the Ministry of Tourism and the various government authorities of the Sultanate of Oman, we want to strive and achieve, to make a niche for Oman as one of the most remarkable and exciting cruise destinations of the world.

He further added, "For years, we have executed such programs with high profile cruise liners of international fame and repute. We are particularly excited about the Costa Cruises' voyages to Oman since this has been a very encouraging response to the concerted efforts of everyone involved and a great leap forward for the Sultanate's tourism industry at large".