Lebanon Promotion
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dailystar.com.lb
Lebanon's official Tourism Office in Paris is the last one left abroad after a series of closures, but it shows no signs of slowing down.
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Arab World Travel And Tourism Exchange
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eTN Staff Writer
BEIRUT – The Arab World Travel and Tourism Exchange (AWTTE) was held on October 16-19, 2008 after 2 years of absence, putting Lebanon back on the international tourism map both as a tourism and MICE
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Middle East
By
Mohammed Al-Asaadi, The Media Line (www.medialine.org) for eTN
SANA'A, Yemen (eTN) - Vessels passing through the Gulf of Aden remain vulnerable to interception by pirates, which poses a serious threat to international maritime security.
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Executive Talk
By
Hazel Heyer, Special to eTN
Lebanon’s boom time in 1997 came about as windfall from the late Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
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Lebanon, Syria
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The Media Line (www.medialine.org) for eTurboNews
Trade between Lebanon and Syria rose last year to a two decade high and for the first time since 1990 Lebanon is now gaining more from the exchange then Syria according the Damascus based business new
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Lebanon
JEZZINE - Jezzine's hotels will fully booked with visitors until the end of the year as the southern region will receive some 150,000 tourists, Saeed Abu Akl, president of Jezzine's Municipalities Uni
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Lebanon
KFAR ZABAD, Lebanon — A decade ago, it was a glittering vision -- a scheme to lure nature lovers to the Lebanese highlands, providing income to local people, nurturing the country's damaged environm
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Lebanon
BEIRUT: Figures released by the Ministry of Tourism indicate that the number of tourists visitng Lebanon totaled 277,054 in the first four months of 2008, up by 2.6 percent from the same period of 2007.
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Lebanon
By
Hazel Heyer l Special to eTN
Despite being in complete disarray, reeling from a recent war between Hezbollah and Israeli forces that left people once again deeply scarred years after the 15-year civil war between Muslims and Christians, Lebanon is vying for a place in the New 7 Nature Wonders of the World competition. Its bet: the Grotto in Jeita.
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Advising Against All But Essential Travel
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eTN
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has today amended its Travel Advice for Lebanon. They are no longer advising against all travel but are now advising against all but essential travel to Lebanon.
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Lebanon
Unrest over the past week cost the Lebanese economy as much as $600 million in lost revenue and the figure may rise as the political deadlock continues, the country's tourism minister said.
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Minister: "News Of Bad Events Is "Highly Exaggerated"
BEIRUT - Lebanon's tourism sector was dealt another setback after the opposition closed all roads leading to Beirut's Rafik Hariri International Airport, Tourism Minister Joe Sarkis said on Wednesday. "We are missing a lot of opportunities to attract tourists to Lebanon.
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Lebanon
By
Daily Star (Lebanon)
BEIRUT - Lebanon lost nearly $3 billion in revenue due to the sharp drop in the number of tourists in 2007, Tourism Minister Joe Sarkis said on Thursday. "We were expecting 1.6 million visitors in 2006 and the same number in 2007 and this would have generated gross revenue of nearly $3 billion a year," Sarkis told The Daily Star.
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