No train at AL Hoota Cave derails tourism
One of the main tourist site in Sultanate of Oman and
attracts a lot of tourists to experience the mysterious beauty of nature is AL Hoota Cave.
It is located in AL Hamra in AL Dakhlia Governorate and in among a must visit
site among tourists. It has a small museum, administrative offices and a small
hall to show documentary films. Also, one of its attractions is a train, which
is the only one in Oman. The train is used to take tourists from the reception
to the mouth of the Cave.
This problem occurred during the first year of Cave's operation and the
reason was of poor maintenance of the train. Now, the visitors have to
walk across the rough road until they reach the entrance of the cave. Most of
them complain when they notice that the train is under maintenance for a long
time.
The problem is there for the later 3 years. Why did that happen? Why
there was no guarantee to fix the train if any damage happened? This train cost around 8,000 OR. The solution
for this problem was to replace the faulty with a new one. What are your
comments on this subject? Do you have any suggestions to improve this
situation?
Yes moza, I strongly agree to what you said about the train. The fact that many nationals visit the cave to experience the train cannot be ignored and I believe this affect the numbers of tourists visiting al hotta. As we know the role of the train is taking tourists form the administration building to the entrance of the cave only, but not inside it, so I think the company can replace the train by small carts which can be driven in the same railway made for the train. Another solution can be placing anything can amuse tourists while they are walking toward the cave in which they can see and enjoy, so they forget the distance they walk.
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