Wadi Bani Khalid, one of the states affiliated to the North East Governorate, is 203 km away from the Governorate of Muscat, and it is distinguished as one of the tourist destinations and programs that tourists always visit because of its tourist attractions, most notably water ponds, fried caves, Hawar waterfalls and some archaeological forts in the state.
Wadi Bani Khalid is located within the eastern Hajar mountain range, adjacent to the west by Bidiyah and Al Qabil states, to the east by Tire, to the south by Al Kamil, Al Wafi, and to the north by Blood and Al Ta’ayin, where the state has chosen the course of water in the village of “Muqal” to be a slogan for its many eyes, which number more than 12 eyes The most important (Ain al-Sarooj, Duh, Al-Lath, Kabira, Kanara, Al-Muntajar, Al-Halaqa, Al-Hawiya, Al-Khedaa, Al-Hajer, Al-Ain, and Ain Ghalala), in addition to the presence of 56 falajs, the most important of which are (Falaj Al-Haili, Al-Farda, Abu Bara, Al-Sarooj, Al-Jarbi and Al-Kabeer). The state also possesses a number of archaeological monuments that vary between forts and towers in addition to other tourism components such as the charming nature of the caves and pools of water. Wadi Bani Khalid in the first three months of this year 70 thousand and 780 visitors, the Omanis, including 16 thousand and 30 visitors, while the number of visitors from the countries of the Cooperation Council for the Arab Gulf States reached 149, and the Arab visitors accounted for 2096 tourists, while the foreign tourists numbered 52 thousand And 497 tourists
Tourism granted preliminary approval to one of the citizens to establish a tourist break on a commercial residential plot with a total area of 2,633 square meters, and the construction rate in the break reached approximately 45 percent. Omani news that the total number of hotel rooms in Wadi Bani Khalid state currently reaches 12 hotel rooms with the provision of some service facilities such as the restaurant and facades overlooking the water pools and 12 private parking for the rest of the guests.
desire of the Ministry of Tourism to develop and develop the means of attraction The natural and cultural enjoyment of the state in general and the village of “Maqal” in water ponds in particular, it has launched a public competition during the current period for a vital project that has basic services to accommodate the requirements of the tourist movement in the water ponds, where the ministry recently announced a public competition for a project to develop the water pond site in the town of Maqal in the state Wadi Bani Khalid, as a first stage, included project scenarios, which included the implementation and development of a tourism services center, parking lots and a path for A walk connects the center with the site of the water pools, adding games for children and other services such as prayer places, a restaurant, and the development of the plot of land adjacent to the water pools, which exceeds an area of 6000 square meters
