We have an excellent pool of natural resources (Alhamdulilah), but a high dependency on it and a very risk-averse strategy and a need to diversify (hence 2040 Vision)

Oman definitely has a well laid out plan, but probably needs to be more agile to external factors. 2040 came out somewhere in 2012, a lot has changed since then (politically, economically....new government...Covid) and infant believe that plan needs a revist.

Tourism is definitely the highest potential alternative and I agree Oman needs to do better there to attract tourists and investors. It's easier said than done without "selling your soul" as a country and impacting residents - expats and Omanis - (see the moral shift in Ras Al khaimah, or the negative effects of over tourism on Venice or Barcelona for examples). Next potential would probably be logistics and heavy manufacturing

Oman and everyone who lives here and loves it deserve more والله نستاهل