Oman among top two in GCC for expat quality life

“I used to previously live in Dubai, and if you wanted a comfortable house for your family, you had to live far away from the city, which meant you needed to spend an hour and a half in traffic every day,” he said.

“Here, my office is just five minutes from my house, which is on the beach, so I can come to work fresh.”

“In the other countries I had lived in, people I needed to meet would often text me, saying they were caught in traffic, but that doesn’t seem to happen here very often, so people come to work on time in an energised manner, they finish their work on time and then they go home,” added Rashid. “This is the way it has to be.”

“When I came to renew my visa, it took just three hours for everything to happen, because I had already spent two years here,” he explained.

P Prabhakar, principal of Indian School Al Mabella, said Oman is an excellent place to bring up children.

“When I am here, there are very few problems I face,” he told us . “Being here is like being back home, because there is a very conducive atmosphere for families to bring up their children and educate them properly.

“I want to thank our Omani hosts and the welcoming and friendly nature of (Omani) nationals in making this possible,” he added.