Efforts to position Oman as a global tourism brand and destination for international sporting events, eco/adventure tourism and conferences have spurred major investment in infrastructure upgrades and new projects. The national tourism strategy aims to boost international arrivals to five million tourists by 2020 and raise the sector’s contribution to GDP to 9% by 2027.

AMJ’s tourism and hospitality team is highly experienced in all aspects of the hotel, resort, entertainment and leisure industry. Our experience ranges from advising on the development and construction of single project luxury hotels, to integrated tourist complexes and resort villages with marinas and golf courses, large-scale urban hotel-retail-leisure developments, and convention centres.

Our lawyers advise owners, developers, private financiers, banks and many of the world’s top hospitality operators on the full range of legal services within this diverse sector including land ownership, financing, development and construction, real estate, M&A, JVs, management contracts,  franchising, tax, employment, and litigation matters.

Our team’s track record in Oman’s tourism and hospitality industry over the decades, combined with familiarity with Oman’s regulatory authorities and framework enables us to provide valuable commercial advice to developers, lenders and their advisers on all aspects of relevant law and policy. Recent work includes advising on the OMR 5 billion joint venture between Majid Al Futtaim and the Oman Tourism Development Company to develop Madinat Al Irfan, a new city development on the outskirts of Muscat.