last edited Dec 11, 2019
Money, budget, and shopping in Oman
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Money
Currency
- Currency: Omani rial (1,000 baisas).
- Banknotes: 100 and 200 baisa + 1/2, 1, 5, 10, 20, and 50 rials.
- Coins: 5, 10, 25, 50, and 100 baisa.
- Exchange:
The Omani rial is permanently pegged to the US dollar at a fixed rate, with 1 rial = $2.6.
Exchange
Which currency to bring
Payment methods
Returning home
Budget
What can be expensive
What can be inexpensive
Price range
- Double room in a budget hotel:
- Double room in a tourist hotel:
- Snacks, local restaurant meal:
- Tourist restaurant meal:
- Budget car rental:
- 100 km by local bus or shared taxi:
- 100 km by express/comfort bus:
- Urban taxi:
- Urban bus:
Bargaining and tipping
Shopping and souvenirs
Each region of the country has its own crafts to explore and bargain for in the souks. You can buy items like wooden and copper objects, pottery, Omani jewelry, the famous khanjar (curved daggers), incense, spices, dates, Bedouin weavings, and other "typical" Omani clothing.