Travelling to Oman, any advice?

Oman is cool, it is a liberal county, probably the most liberal Muslim county in the Mid East. You can do as you want there, although they do not like public drunkeness and supplying booze to the locals. Do not smoke in public on a Friday or Ramadan. It is OK for accompanied women to wear bikinis on a beach and yes, it is full of Brits but not many tourists, they all work there. Fly down to Dhofar, you can see Lot's grave in the mountains there (yes, that Lot, he of the fire and brimstone on top of Sodom and Gomorrah) and there are some wonderful empty beaches there along with a Hilton and Holiday Inn. Have a nice time!