I agree, I can't believe the very people on here that are normally high fiving and singing the only few more weeks phrase are the very ones now throwing in the towel. The government knew of the downturn in November, you think they just became aware of the depth a couple of weeks ago? Like stated above this Al-Sada guy, obviously from the region knows more about whats going on than we do.

I've always believed the government was deliberately trying to slow their development projects down. What do you think the 14 months of no projects being singed while they worked out a "standard agreement form" was all about. The sultan has already said hes committed to forging ahead with their development projects during the downturn. Remember unlike us, theses cultures tend to think long term, and their very limited oil reserves are running out.

So just because of an artical reporting a down turn in tourism, and the minister is making the rounds inspecting the progress of projects, you infer from that our project is on hold.

I also can't believe the I, the usual voice of pessimism, is having to resort to the role of pointing that in reality nothing has changed. We know nothing, most of what we say on here is nothing more than mindless banter based on confusing misinformation and hunches.

We now resume our regularly scheduled programing, and I'll change back to the role eternal pessimist.