Where foreigners can and cannot own property in Oman
Integrated Tourism Complexes are open. Some places are closed by law.
- Omani and non-Omani buyers may own land or homes inside licensed Integrated Tourism Complexes (ITCs), to live in or as an investment.
- GCC citizens may own homes and land and are treated like Omani citizens.
- By law, non-Omanis may not own in listed places, including Musandam, Al Buraimi, Jebel Akhdar, Jebel Shams and the islands, or own farmland anywhere. The same decree leaves the ITC system untouched.
- Outside ITCs, a non-Omani resident may buy a usufruct right of up to 50 years, renewable to 99 in total, on one flat in a building in an area the Ministry designates.
Sources
- Royal Decree 12/2006 · Integrated Tourism Complexes law (qanoon.om, secondary) consolidated 2010(opens in a new tab)
- Royal Decree 29/2018 · places closed to non-Omani ownership (qanoon.om, secondary) 11 Nov 2018(opens in a new tab)
- Royal Decree 21/2004 · GCC citizens owning property (qanoon.om, secondary) 11 Feb 2004(opens in a new tab)
- MOHUP Decision 357/2020 · usufruct for non-Omani residents (qanoon.om, secondary) Gazette 1362, 15 Oct 2020(opens in a new tab)
The post on X: "Foreigners can own freehold in Integrated Tourism Complexes. By law some places stay closed to non-Omani ownership, including Musandam, Al Buraimi, Jebel Akhdar and all farmland."
Checked against the official pages on 27 Oct 2026. Laws change: if a post and an official page disagree, the official page wins.