This beautiful Sultanate, with high mountains and desert lowlands that sweep down to the waters of the Arabian Gulf, has a tourism strategy to bring in twelve million tourists annually by the year 2020.

Jaap Croese's lens here captures a diverse range of views of this enchanting land, bringing out the country's natural beauties and striking traditional architecture and dress.

This is Jaap Croese's second photographic book on Oman, demonstrating his remarkable photographic gift over the course of his travels the length and breadth of the country.