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Local news media

• Oman Observer
• Al Watan Arabic
• Times of Oman
• Oman News Agency
• Oman Economic Review
• Business Today
• The Week (free weekly, Oman society tit bits)
• Gulf News
• Khaleej Times
• Oman Globe
• Oman Tribune

International media

• Financial Times
• The Guardian
• Washington Post
• The Economist
• Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
• Middle East Economic Digest
• PersianGulf.com
• Al Jazeera
• BBC Middle East
• CNN
• Oxford Business Group
• EIN news headlines - subscription service
• BBC podcast about Oman, 2006
• iNewsit

Money

• Central Bank of Oman
• Muscat Securities Market
• Capital Markets Authority
• National Bank of Oman
• Bank Muscat
• Oman International Bank
• Oman Arab Bank
• OAB market reports
• Bank Dhofar
• Alliance Housing Bank
• Oman Business Brief - Ernst & Young October 2005
• Snapshot of doing business in Oman - World Bank
• Currency converter
• Currency
• Doing business with Oman - book, 2003, $119.95

Law

• Basic law of the State
• The Judiciary
• Law of arbitration in civil and commercial disputes(Royal Decree 47/97)
• Labour law
• Business legislation - World Bank
• International lawyers
• Doing business in Oman(lawyer overview)

Organizations

• Omani Centre for Investment Promotion and Export Development (OCIPED)
• Oman Chamber of Commerce
• Sultan Qaboos University
• Knowledge Oasis Muscat (KOM)
• Oman International Development and Investment Company

Government

• Official background and links
• National Economy
• 33rd Statistical Yearbook, 2004, published 2005, English
• Industry and Commerce
• Ministry of Information
• Majlis ash'Shura
• Majlis al Dawla
• Ministry of Tourism
• List of ministries (with links)
• Muscat Municipality

Major businesses

• Petroleum Development Oman (PDO)
• Oman LNG
• Oman Oil
• Oman Oil [Marketing]
• Salalah Port
• Oman Airport Management Company (OAMC)
• Oman Air
• Oman Mobile
• Omantel
• Nawras Mobile
• Renaissance Group
• Zubair Corporation
• Omar Zawawi Establishment
• W J Towell
• The Wave
• The Blue City (Al Madina al Zarqa)
• Galfar Engineering and Contracting

NGOs, regional organisations

• Environment Society of Oman
• ROPME - Regional Organisation for the Protection of the Marine Environment

Internet portals

• AMEInfo
• Oman Yellow Pages
• OmanAccess
• Menafn(Middle East, Africa, Financial Network)
• Zawya.com
• Middle East Directory
• Exhibitions in Oman

Omani blogs and forums

• Muscati
• Zaid al Sayedi Arabic
• Indian recipes from Oman
• Nasra al Adawi poetess
• Oman Expat - expat Frenchman working in Muscat. Lots of pics.
• Big Business Idea Competition
• PEIE Mirror - manufacturing and ICT in Oman
• Oman blog aggregator
• Oman Forum
• English Sabla

Tourist resources

• Visas
• Visa FAQ
• Interactive visa info from Gulf Air
• National Ferries Company Muscat to Musandam by high speed ferry
• Oman travel and scenery
• Hotels
• Car hire
• Tour operators
• Weather
• Animated maps and satellite image
• Time
• Reference
• Oman Today
• Infohub - Oman very useful global roundup of tourist packages to Oman

Tourist Companies

• Oman Holidays (Arabesque) Holidays
• Oasis Tours
• Oman World Tourism with an emphasis on adventure

Photo and video tours

• Photo gallery Muscat, Nakhl, Musandam, Dubai
• 9 kids from East London visit Oman
• Ian and Wendy's trip to Oman
• Stunning photos and commentary from Peter, who motorcycled across Oman

Assessments

• World Bank 1994 report
• World Bank data and statistics
• International Monetary Fund
• US State Dept background
• US State Dept investment climate report for 2005
• US-Oman trade balance
• US State Dept consular information
• US State Dept human rights report
• EIA energy report
• EIA, production and prices
• CIA World Factbook
• University of Exeter documentation
• UK DTI briefing
• Gulf 2000 Project

Links to Times of Oman articles prior to 18th November 2006 will no longer work, because of an upgrade to the company's CMS.

 

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