14
Hotels
That puts Khasab at 11 of 11 on the official table.
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Khasab · Topic file
Does Khasab 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 Khasab, the honest read comes down to hotels and hotel occupancy rate.
20.9%
Hotel occupancy rate
That puts Khasab at 8 of 11 on the official table.
The numbers
Where Khasab 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 Khasab 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
- Khasab is showing 14 on hotels. That puts Khasab at 11 of 11 on the official table.
- Khasab is showing 20.9% on hotel occupancy rate. That puts Khasab at 8 of 11 on the official table.
- MOHUP positions Musandam around eco-tourism, fisheries, agriculture, quarrying and its unique geographic position. 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 Khasab is being measured against
Hotels, occupancy, and whether the place is becoming a real destination or just adding rooms.
MOHUP positions Musandam around eco-tourism, fisheries, agriculture, quarrying and its unique geographic position. The spatial strategy emphasises controlled development, functional zoning and the protection of natural beauty as the basis of future growth.
- Tourism is explicitly framed as the main driver of Musandam's future economy.
- The strategy still expects supporting roles from fisheries, agriculture, trade and quarrying rather than a one-sector story.
- The official planning approach is unusually spatially strict because land claiming, ecological protection and phased master plans all matter here.
Related topic files
Five more ways into the Musandam 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.
Musandam topic file
Capital deployment
How much money is actually being committed, and whether the property market is picking up the signal.
Musandam topic file
Urban buildout and housing
Population, permits and whether the place is actually being built fast enough for the role it has been handed.
Musandam topic file
Jobs and enterprise
The jobs and businesses that show whether the governorate has a working economy, or just a project list.
Musandam topic file
Human capability and essential services
Whether schools and hospitals are keeping up — the simplest read on whether people can build a life here.
Musandam topic file
Infrastructure and utilities
Roads, water and the quiet base layer that usually decides whether any of the rest of it actually works.