A rebellious backwater until the late 1970s, Oman’s southern Dhofar region enjoys the summer monsoon rains or khareef, when Middle Eastern tourists flock to cool off in the verdant hills around Salalah, the provincial capital.
The area has other attractions – for port operators. Salalah is only seven hours sailing time from one of the world’s main trade routes, the straight line between Colombo in Sri Lanka and the Gulf of Suez.
In 1996 APM Terminals, a unit of Denmark’s AP Moller-Maersk, decided to develop the old Raysut harbour near Salalah, giving global shipping a new address.
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