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Hotels
That puts Duqm at 10 of 11 on the official table.
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Duqm · Topic file
Does Duqm have a real place economy, or just rooms on paper?
A lot of governorates are sold on heritage, climate, scenery or access. The numbers have to back up the story — empty rooms are not a visitor economy. For Duqm, the honest read comes down to hotels and hotel occupancy rate.
22.2%
Hotel occupancy rate
That puts Duqm at 7 of 11 on the official table.
The numbers
Where Duqm stands today, chart by chart
Hotels
Number of hotels by governorate in 2025.
NCSI Statistical Year Book 2026, Table 2-21.
Hotel occupancy rate
Hotel occupancy rate by governorate in 2025.
NCSI Statistical Year Book 2026, Table 9-21.
The trend over time
How Duqm got here
Hotels
How quickly the hotel base is growing — useful for spotting where the tourism story is real on the ground, and where it is still mostly a brochure.
2022–2024: Table 2-21, Statistical Year Book 2025 (Issue 53). 2025: Table 2-21, Statistical Year Book 2026 (Issue 54).
Hotel occupancy rate
How full the hotels actually are. Capacity is easy to build; this is the line that tells you whether visitors are turning up.
2022–2024: Table 9-21, Statistical Year Book 2025 (Issue 53). 2025: Table 9-21, Statistical Year Book 2026 (Issue 54).
Reading the charts
What the latest tables are really saying
- Duqm is showing 39 on hotels. That puts Duqm at 10 of 11 on the official table.
- Duqm is showing 22.2% on hotel occupancy rate. That puts Duqm at 7 of 11 on the official table.
- MOHUP's strategy for Al Wusta is centered on Duqm as a national gateway and business hub, Hayma as a regional service centre, and a wider transition toward manufacturing, petrochemicals, fisheries and renewables inside a vast low-density geography. Visitor numbers, service quality and the feel of the place are part of the real test here, not just the branding.
Why this file matters
The strategy Duqm is being measured against
Hotels, occupancy, and whether the place is becoming a real destination or just adding rooms.
MOHUP's strategy for Al Wusta is centered on Duqm as a national gateway and business hub, Hayma as a regional service centre, and a wider transition toward manufacturing, petrochemicals, fisheries and renewables inside a vast low-density geography.
- Duqm is expected to provide a full urban platform, not just an industrial zone disconnected from resident life.
- The region's geography is treated as an advantage for renewables, large-scale industry and wilderness tourism.
- Distance and sparse settlement are major design constraints, which is why Hayma and other local centres matter.
Related topic files
Five more ways into the Al Wusta execution map
These linked files cover the other live tests in the same governorate, so the numbers on capital, jobs, services, tourism, utilities, and urban buildout can be read together instead of in isolation.
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Capital deployment
How much money is actually being committed, and whether the property market is picking up the signal.
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Urban buildout and housing
Population, permits and whether the place is actually being built fast enough for the role it has been handed.
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Jobs and enterprise
The jobs and businesses that show whether the governorate has a working economy, or just a project list.
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Human capability and essential services
Whether schools and hospitals are keeping up — the simplest read on whether people can build a life here.
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Infrastructure and utilities
Roads, water and the quiet base layer that usually decides whether any of the rest of it actually works.