The tourist importance of the Strait of Hormuz
The strait is considered a distinctive tourist attraction. In addition to its geographical importance and heavy traffic, certain areas have been allocated for cruise ships, so that visitors can enjoy the beautiful scenery and experience adventure by passing through one of the most important waterways in the world.
The geographical importance of the Strait of Hormuz
The Strait of Hormuz has great geographical importance because it is considered one of the most important waterways for shipping goods in the world, and the most important type of goods transported through it is oil coming from the Middle East, where in 2011, approximately 17 million barrels of oil flowed, or approximately 20 % of the oil traded in the world on ships through the Strait of Hormuz daily, with an annual total reaching more than six billion barrels of oil. An average of 14 crude oil ships passed through the Strait daily that year,
In addition to a similar number of empty tankers that enter through the strait to load new shipments, the strait transports about 85% of these crude oil exports to Asian markets such as Japan, India, South Korea, and China, which represent its largest destinations. The width of the strait at its narrowest point is 33.7 meters. Kilometers, the strait is considered deep and wide enough to allow the passage of the largest crude oil tankers in the world, with about two-thirds of the oil shipments carried by tankers exceeding 150 thousand tons of total weight.
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The Strait of Hormuz is considered a channel that connects the Arabian Gulf to the west, and the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea to the southeast. The length of the strait is about 55 to 95 kilometers, and it separates Iran from the north from the Arabian Peninsula from the south. The strait contains many The islands, which are the islands of Qeshm, Hormuz, and Henjam, and the strait have great strategic and economic importance, especially since oil tankers that come from various ports on the Arabian Gulf must pass through this strait.
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