Crowne Plaza Salalah to open new water facilities

SALALAH - The Crowne Plaza Resort Salalah, the newly opened property nestled among 45 acres of landscaped gardens and coconut palms, will inaugurate the new water sports facilities, now under construction, in about two month's time.

By Clarence Michael

Published: Thu 11 Sep 2003, 12:27 PM

Last updated: Wed 1 Apr 2015, 9:47 PM

Sayed Hassan, General Manager, Crowne Plaza Resort Salalah, said: "This will boost the opportunities for the hotel to bring in more tourists and offer a variety of facilities."

He added: "The landscape, heritage, tradition and culture make Salalah an ideal discovery destination. Coupled with the present and the expanded facilities at the Crowne Plaza, visitors will surely find the right incentive to choose Salalah as their holiday desitnation."

Located on the beachfront, this ideal resort already boasts of luxurious rooms, suites and family villas along with an impressive list of facilities that include four restaurants, three swimming pools, banqueting for up to 600 people besides other facilities for relaxation.

Mr Hassan also said that with the recently launched twice-weekly Dubai-Salalah direct service by Muscat Aviation Services in association with Phoenix Airlines would go a long way in boosting tourism and related sectors in the Dhofar Region. With an average temperature of 30 degree C throughout the year, Salalah, siutated 1,000km south of Muscat, is blessed with seasonal monsoon rains during the summer months.

This is when the coast and the adjoining mountains burst into life, transforming the area into a completely new landscape unseen anywhere else on the Arabian Peninsula.

This unique climate also gives way to copious amounts of flora and fauna besides making this place an ideal location for birds that migrate. According to experts, the number of bird species that fly in and pass by during this season far exceeds those found anywhere elese in the region. Besides these, Salalah has several more interesting locations nearby for day travel. This includes the Sumhuram Bay, an ancient harbour through which frankincense was traded over the ages, the Mughsail Beach where one can witness sea water bursting through blow holes in the rocks, Prophet Job's tomb on the Jebel Qara, the Taka Fort and the old Dhofari houses in Taqa area among others.