A physical SIM at the airport

Tourist SIM counters sit in arrivals at both Muscat and Salalah: passport, five minutes, and the counter is open at 2am. Ask for Ooredoo's Tourist 5: 8 GB, 50 local and 50 international minutes, 50 SMS, valid 10 days, OMR 5 plus 5% VAT as of July 2026. Tourist 10 is 18 GB over 15 days if you are staying longer, and the line itself stays alive 30 days either way. Omantel's tourist pack costs about the same for a quarter of the data, so take that one only if your trip is mostly deep wadis and mountains, where coverage beats gigabytes.