MUSCAT (Reuters) - Oman plans to build a $1.5 billion bridge to an island turtle habitat off the Gulf Arab state's east coast to boost tourist numbers, a finance ministry official said on Thursday.
The tender process will be open to international bidders and start early next year for the construction of the bridge, said the official, who declined to be identified.
"The bridge will lure tourists to Masirah Island to (see) rare species of turtles like the loggerheads and greenbacks," a finance ministry official told Reuters.
