Member State of the Arab League The Ministry of Heritage and Tourism (MOHT) is the governmental body in the Sultanate of Oman responsible for promoting and preserving Omani heritage and tourism.

The current Minister of Heritage and Tourism is Salem bin Mohammed Al Mahrouqi.

[1][2] The first governmental body to be officially concerned with heritage and culture was the Ministry of Information and Culture (its name at the time) in accordance with the responsibilities assigned to it in 1975 by Royal Decree No 26/75.

[3] Some of these responsibilities were moved out of the Ministry of Information and Culture to the Ministry of Royal Court Affairs (its name at the time) by Royal Decree No 12/76[4] by transferring the Directorate of Heritage Collection to the Ministry of Royal Court Affairs.

In 1976, Faisal bin Ali Al Said was appointed as the Minister of Omani Heritage who took over all heritage and cultural responsibilities.