“Buying property in Oman isn’t difficult,” says Laila Bulushi of Sovereign Consultants, a company advising diplomats and investors in Oman.
“There are a number of projects designed for tourists which represent sound investments with no risk for foreigners. It is one of the safest countries in the world; the Switzerland of the Middle East, with a good internal rule of law and neutral foreign policy.” Fiscally, there are no capital gains taxes, inheritance ta...

In an ideally imagined desert, towering dunes of sand ripple across a vast, desolate expanse, punctuated by only an occasional oasis of procession of goats led by white-robed Bedouin. Welcome to Oman’s Wahiba Sands and the picture-perfect interior that could have been drawn by Disney. Large swathes remain pristine and untouched, from the great rocky mountains to the dusty plains, even as the modernisation of the country’s roads brings more and more of it within reach of a four by ...