The World Economic Forum’s “Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2007” is out, and Oman is missing from the list of 124 countries.

What is the report all about?
“The index is not a ‘beauty contest’, or a statement about the attractiveness of a country. On the contrary, the index measures the factors that make it attractive to develop the travel and tourism industry of individual countries,” said Jennifer Blanke, Senior Economist of the World Economic Forum.

Oman, from the last few years, has been doing very well on the tourism front, and it is sad that there is no mention of the ‘new tourism hot spot’ in the report. For me Oman, has the potential to the numero uno travel destination in Middle East in the years to come. And, there has to be some lobby to make sure the country features in reports like these, which are published by the prestigious orgnisations like the World Economic Forum.

UAE is ranked 18th, no qualms. Surprisingly, Kuwait finds a mention in the report and is ranked 67th. If Kuwait can why not Oman? I am wondering.