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Oman, officially called the Sultanate of Oman, is an Arab state in southwest Asia on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by the United Arab Emirates to the northwest, Saudi Arabia to the west, and Yemen to the southwest. While the United Arab Emirates may be held up as a paragon of development in the Middle East, it pales next to the graceful renaissance of neighbouring Oman.
This was a provincial backwater only a few decades ago, largely ignored by the outside world as it struggled with poverty and a lack of infrastructure. Before 1970, for example, Oman had three schools for 600,000 people.
The picture is very different today. The Omani tourism ministry recently announced that 2000 resort and hotel rooms would be added across the country by the end of next year. This follows a string of stunning advances, not least of which is the Royal Opera House in Muscat, which opened in October 2011 and resembles a sprawling palace in desert rose limestone.
Oman now boasts a comprehensive road system, educated citizens and several five-star hotels such as the the Chedi and Shangri-La. What makes the country worth highlighting, however, is that it has achieved all this without losing its soul. Forget the gaudy excesses of Dubai and Abu Dhabi as they compete for the biggest or most ambitious projects. Travellers visiting Oman next year will find the comforts of home in a culture that remains very much its own master.
Significantly, Oman has strict laws mandating height and style in new buildings. Even as it continues down the path of development it will remain an accessible stronghold of Middle Eastern tradition.
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