the development decoy

Here's something that I think that none of us had ever considered.

While everyone is busy with the development of the real estate business that is rapidly growing in the Sultanate of Oman and its neighbors, the people who are actually in need of basic services in other parts of the country are being ignored by the developing companies.

We've heard about so many huge tourist projects that will help pump in more and more hard currency into the local economy such as The Wave, Muscat; The Blue City; but to name a few that are set to change destination map of worldwide tourist attractions in years to come. But howcome that we don't hear of any development projects for the sake of the locals who actually reside in the country.

The ever growing Omani population has a number of challenges to face in the future such as to find a job, a house to live in, a steady income, future tax plans and currency inflation - to name the most important on a local's agenda to look out for, and it is those plans and those targets that both the public and private sector should address to be better prepared for future confrontations in terms of financial disabilities.

True, that these tourist projects fund big development projects in the country are driving the wheels forward. But they have yet to show it on a much larger scale along the whole country line.

So, the question would be is the development process in the Sultanate developing the country as much as it is developing bigger pockets for the businessmen who fund such projects or is it all just a decoy to distract the locals from the hidden truth?