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title: Where assistants send people in Muscat tours, attractions and museums · The Direct Index
url: https://directindex.org/city/muscat-tours/assistants
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 Assistants · Muscat tours, attractions and museums, OM · October 2026

# Where assistants send people in Muscat tours, attractions and museums

23 answers from ChatGPT and Gemini, asked on 2026-10-25, to the questions people ask and to questions about the top businesses in the index. 96% of them link a business's own site or its booking software, and 39% link a marketplace, most often expedia.com (17%).

Fewer than 30 answers, so this share is not compared with other cities.

1 more answer named no place (a question back, or nothing found) and is left out of these shares.

96%

of answers link the business's own site or its booking software

39%

link a marketplace

17%

link expedia.com, the marketplace named most

23

answers, 23 to the questions people ask and 0 about businesses

Of the 23 answers to the questions people ask, 96% link a business's own site or its booking software and 39% a marketplace, expedia.com most often.

Updated 2026-11-08. [The Muscat tours, attractions and museums index](https://directindex.org/city/muscat-tours) · [Places named, question by question](https://directindex.org/city/muscat-tours/recommended) · [Markdown](https://directindex.org/city/muscat-tours/assistants?format=md) · [JSON](https://directindex.org/city/muscat-tours/assistants.json) · [Share image](https://directindex.org/og/city/muscat-tours/assistants.png) · [All cities](https://directindex.org/assistants).

 League table

## The destinations, most linked first

Each row is a place an answer can send people. Share is the percentage of all 23 answers that link to it. Each assistant's column counts only that assistant's answers.

| Destination | Kind | Answers | Share | ChatGPT | Gemini |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **The businesses' own sites** | own site | 22 | **96%** | 11 100% | 11 92% |
| Press, guides and forums | press and guides | 11 | **48%** | 3 27% | 8 67% |
| expedia.com | marketplace | 4 | **17%** | 0 | 4 33% |
| GetYourGuide | marketplace | 3 | **13%** | 0 | 3 25% |
| museumwnf.org | other site | 3 | **13%** | 0 | 3 25% |
| Wikipedia | directory | 3 | **13%** | 0 | 3 25% |
| oman-spirit.com | other site | 2 | **9%** | 0 | 2 17% |
| omanwanderlust.com | other site | 2 | **9%** | 0 | 2 17% |
| Viator | marketplace | 2 | **9%** | 0 | 2 17% |
| waug.com | marketplace | 2 | **9%** | 0 | 2 17% |
| 3ddoma.com | other site | 1 | **4%** | 1 9% | 0 |
| asktrippilot.com | other site | 1 | **4%** | 0 | 1 8% |
| baitalghasham.com | other site | 1 | **4%** | 0 | 1 8% |
| bikoman.com | other site | 1 | **4%** | 0 | 1 8% |
| Booking.com | marketplace | 1 | **4%** | 0 | 1 8% |

28 more destinations with fewer answers each are in the JSON.

 By assistant

## What each assistant does in Muscat tours, attractions and museums

ChatGPT: answered by gpt-6-luna (11).

Gemini: answered by gemini-2.5-flash (12).

### Places named when people ask

Each assistant was asked the way people ask, with web search on, for up to three places and a link to book or order with each one directly. The table shows how many of the places it named came with a link to the place's own site, to a marketplace or to a directory, or with no link at all.

| Assistant | Own site or direct | Marketplace | Directory | No link | Places |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ChatGPT | **96%** | 0% | 0% | 4% | 28 |
| Gemini | **71%** | 7% | 0% | 22% | 45 |

 Question by question

## Who gets named, and with which link

Asked on 2026-10-25. A place in this index links to its report. A place with its own site that isn't in the index yet links to a scan. "No link" means the assistant named the place but didn't link its site. Each question links to the full list of places named.

| Question | ChatGPT | Gemini |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [A walking tour on Sunday morning with tickets online.](https://directindex.org/city/muscat-tours/recommended/walking-tour) | [Royal Cars Museum](https://directindex.org/scan/rcm.gov.om) own site
[Royal Opera House Muscat](https://directindex.org/scan/rohmuscat.org.om) own site
[Bait Al Zubair Museum](https://directindex.org/scan/baitalzubair.com) own site | Muttrah Souq Walking Tour marketplace
[Bait Al Zubair Museum](https://directindex.org/scan/baitalzubair.com) own site
[The National Museum of Oman](https://directindex.org/scan/nm.gov.om) own site |
| [A food tour this Saturday evening for two, book it.](https://directindex.org/city/muscat-tours/recommended/food-tour) | [Muscat](https://directindex.org/scan/freetour.com) own site | Authentic Omani Home Dining no link
Royal Opera House Muscat no link
The National Museum of Oman no link |
| [Skip-the-line tickets for the main museum tomorrow, where do I buy them?](https://directindex.org/city/muscat-tours/recommended/museum-tickets) | [The National Museum of Oman](https://directindex.org/scan/nm.gov.om) own site | National Museum of Oman no link
[The National Museum of Oman](https://directindex.org/scan/nm.gov.om) own site
[Bait Al Zubair Museum](https://directindex.org/scan/baitalzubair.com) own site
[Ghalyas Museum of Modern Art](https://directindex.org/scan/placeandpeoplemuseum.com) own site |
| [A bike tour of the city for a family with kids, book for Saturday.](https://directindex.org/city/muscat-tours/recommended/bike-tour) | [Muscat Bikes](https://directindex.org/scan/muscatbike.com) own site
[Big Bus Tours Muscat](https://directindex.org/scan/bigbustours.com) own site
[The National Museum](https://directindex.org/scan/nm.gov.om) own site | [Biko - Al Qurum Natural Park](https://directindex.org/scan/biko.om) own site
[Outdoors Oman](https://directindex.org/scan/outdoorsoman.com) own site |
| [A day trip out of the city with a guide this week, tickets online.](https://directindex.org/city/muscat-tours/recommended/day-trip) | [Muscat Nature](https://directindex.org/scan/muscatnature.com) own site
[Muscat Day Tours](https://directindex.org/scan/muscatdaytours.com) own site
[Plan My Tour](https://directindex.org/scan/muscatdaytours.com) own site | Wadi Shab Tours no link
[Attraction](https://directindex.org/scan/wadishabtours.com) own site
[Zahara Tours](https://directindex.org/scan/zaharatours.com) own site
[Wahiba Sands Tours](https://directindex.org/scan/wahibasandstours.com) own site |
| [A sunset boat tour tomorrow, I want to book directly.](https://directindex.org/city/muscat-tours/recommended/boat-tour) | nothing named | [Muscat Sea Tours](https://directindex.org/scan/muscatseatours.com) own site
[Coral Ocean Tours](https://directindex.org/scan/coraloceantours.com) own site
[SeaOman](https://directindex.org/scan/seaoman.com) own site
Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque no link |
| [A wine tasting or vineyard visit this weekend, book for two.](https://directindex.org/city/muscat-tours/recommended/wine-tasting) | [Anantara Al Jabal Al Akhdar Resort](https://directindex.org/scan/ghadiscovery.com) own site | [The Chedi Muscat](https://directindex.org/scan/ghmhotels.com) own site
[Al Bustan Palace, a Ritz-Carlton Hotel](https://directindex.org/scan/ritzcarlton.com) own site
[W Muscat](https://directindex.org/scan/marriott.com) own site |
| [Kayaking or paddleboarding tomorrow morning, tickets online.](https://directindex.org/city/muscat-tours/recommended/kayak) | [QTours](https://directindex.org/scan/qtours.om) own site
[Watersport Oman](https://directindex.org/scan/watersport-oman.com) own site
[Jumeirah Muscat Bay](https://directindex.org/scan/jumeirah.com) own site
[Contact us](https://directindex.org/scan/jumeirah.com) own site | [Wave Summit](https://directindex.org/scan/wavesummitoman.com) own site
[Wikitours Adventures](https://directindex.org/scan/wikitoursoman.com) own site
[Watersport Oman](https://directindex.org/scan/watersportoman.com) own site
[Royal Opera House Muscat](https://directindex.org/scan/rohmuscat.org.om) own site |
| [A private guide for half a day with the family, how do I book one?](https://directindex.org/city/muscat-tours/recommended/private-guide) | [Muscat Smart Tours](https://directindex.org/scan/muscatsmarttours.com) own site
[The National Museum of Oman](https://directindex.org/scan/nm.gov.om) own site
[Bait Al Zubair Museum](https://directindex.org/scan/baitalzubair.com) own site
[Another way to book](https://directindex.org/scan/experienceoman.om) own site | [MyTourOman](https://directindex.org/scan/mytouroman.com) own site
[Star Tours Oman](https://directindex.org/scan/startoursoman.com) own site
Withlocals marketplace |
| [A ghost or night walking tour tonight, two tickets.](https://directindex.org/city/muscat-tours/recommended/night-tour) | [Muscat by Night](https://directindex.org/scan/jawla.om) own site
[Muscat City Tour Night](https://directindex.org/scan/mytouroman.com) own site | Muscat Evening Guided City Highlights Tour no link
Muscat Night City Private Tour no link |
| [A local cooking class this week, book two places.](https://directindex.org/city/muscat-tours/recommended/cooking-class) | [Omani Food Cooking Class](https://directindex.org/scan/bmtoursoman.com) own site
Taste of Oman no link
[Cucina Italian Cooking Masterclass](https://directindex.org/scan/radissonhotels.com) own site | Cozymeal marketplace
Tivoli La Vie Muscat Hotel no link
[The National Museum](https://directindex.org/scan/nm.gov.om) own site
[Royal Opera House Muscat](https://directindex.org/scan/rohmuscat.org.om) own site |
| [It's raining. Something fun to book indoors for this afternoon.](https://directindex.org/city/muscat-tours/recommended/rainy-day) | [Game Box Oman](https://directindex.org/scan/gamebox.om) own site
[Wizardlands](https://directindex.org/scan/wizardlands.com) own site
[Trampo Oman](https://directindex.org/scan/trampo.om) own site | The National Museum of Oman no link
[Website for Information/Booking](https://directindex.org/scan/nm.gov.om) own site
[Oman Childrens Museum](https://directindex.org/scan/betalghasham.com) own site
[VOX Cinemas](https://directindex.org/scan/voxcinemas.com) own site |

 Method

## How this is counted

Everything here is counted in answers, using the latest answer from each assistant to each question, asked with web search on. Some questions are the ones people ask ("best pizza delivered right now", "book me a table for Saturday"). The others are three questions about each of the top-ranked businesses in the index: the official website, where to book and where to order. Every link in an answer is read. A destination counts once for each answer that links to it, whether as the place to book or as a source the assistant cited. So each share is the share of answers that link that destination, and the shares don't add up to 100%.

All the businesses' own sites share one row, whatever the business. A booking or ordering vendor on the business's own domain counts as direct. Marketplaces and directories are named. Listing, review and map sites (Tripadvisor, Google Maps, Yelp) count as directories, even where the scanner files them with the marketplaces. Newspapers, magazines, guides, forums and tourism sites share one row. Anything left is listed by its registered domain, and a model sorts each of those unknown hosts once into directory, press, marketplace, vendor, business or other, with the reason shown. Text that only looks like a host because a space is missing ("them.here") is dropped. Business names are matched against the index. A place that isn't in the index links to a scan of its site, if the assistant gave one.

Updated 2026-11-08. The data is open, and the JSON version of this page has every destination. [Methodology](https://directindex.org/methodology).

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