What are nice places to visit in Salalah, Oman?

How will I be treated as a tourist in these countries?

• What do you think of these places to visit? I'm thinking about taking a trip to one or more of these places and what are your thoughts about how well tourist are treated and what is there to do. Muscat (Oman) Dubai (U.A.E) Beirut (Lebanon) Tripoli (Lebanon) What are the best places to visit in these countries? Egypt Armenia Morocco Greece Jordan Romania Lebanon Iran

• Answer:

  Since I currently live in Muscat, Oman I can tell that Omanis are really friendly and Oman is really nice place to visit. They have magnificent wadis, mountain scenery, beautiful beaches, amazing sea life (turtle bay) and also Muscat is a lovely town, very nice mix of oriental architecture and modernity. Oman is to me very unspecific Arab country, extremely peaceful and quit, kind of Middle Eastern Switzerland. For a longer stay it can be a bit boring place for young people but its a family paradise. Dubai is very near, only couple of hours by car or 40 minutes by plane and it is a totally opposite to Muscat. In Muscat everything is little and poetic and in Dubai everything is huge and loud and totally into 21st century. The city can not be even said Middle Eastern cause it is cosmopolitan and belongs to everywhere. It is a partying place, suitable for shopping, fun, meeting different people which is absolutely amazing. The point is that you can not even compare those two cause they are two different stories and every one of them has its specific charm. I never was to Beirut but I have friends that did visit is and they really love it. They describe it as a total mix of Europe and Middle East, Paris and Baghdad in the same place. Tripoli, well its a kind of touristicly undiscovered. I have some friends there who say it is nice and safe, but people can be very annoying in respect to Westerners, especially woman. Its not that someone wishes to harm you but you have a feeling that everyone wishes to touch you, which can complicate your life a great deal if u know what i mean! About the rest of countries Greece is wonderful, but i can't put it in this Middle Eastern context, only Mediterranean and I thought that everyone loves Greece. Egypt is a must see as well. Morocco is my "have to be there" destination cause I met many remarkable Moroccans and I am fascinated with there culture which isn't Arabic Arabic, and I think its Berber and French and Spanish influence gave it a great cultural versatileness, truly remarkable to me. Anyway, have a nice trip!!!