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Lebanon ready to welcome tourists says minister
A Lebanese delegation to London led by the country’s tourism minister Joseph Sarkis has said that Lebanon is welcoming tourists despite the recent conflict in which 1,200 civilians died and which caused US$15bn worth of destruction.
The country’s tourism infrastructure largely escaped without damage however and tourism chiefs are confident that visitor numbers for this year will not fall too far short of last year, which saw one million foreign tourists enter the country.
"There are a couple of bridges that are still under repair but no major area of tourism was affected," said Amine Nasser, general manager of Lebanese tour operator Saad Tours.
"The vast majority of our tourism-related businesses also retained their staff during the trouble so everything has been maintained and is ready for tourists.
"In Beirut, the only damage was to one particular southern residential suburb and the rest of the city is untouched. Even Tyre, the largest city in the south, has escaped without damage."
The Lebanese delegation was in London last week to attend World Travel Market and to encourage tourists from the UK, Germany, France and Switzerland, its main European markets, back to the Mediterranean destination.
A Lebanese delegation to London led by the country’s tourism minister Joseph Sarkis has said that Lebanon is welcoming tourists despite the recent conflict in which 1,200 civilians died and which caused US$15bn worth of destruction.
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