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UAE airlines oppose ban on flights to Syria

UAE carriers continuing to fly to Syria

UAE airlines oppose ban on flights to Syria

Airlines in the UAE are continuing to fly to Syria after the Arab League issued a deadline of ... read more

Syrian tourism to shift to the East for new markets

New markets to salvage Syria's tourism

Syrian tourism to shift to the East for new markets

DAMASCUS, Syria - Switching to new markets was the most important strategy Syria has lately ... read more

Syria encourages domestic tourism

Domestic Tourism In Syria

Syria encourages domestic tourism

The Syrian Ministry of Tourism has adopted a package of measures to encourage the domestic ... read more

Challenges to the recovery of tourism in Egypt in 2011

Egypt Recovery

Challenges to the recovery of tourism in Egypt in 2011

By David Beirman, eTN Tourism Security Expert

Tourism to the Middle East, or should we more accurately describe it as the Muddle East, has ... read more

UN chief voices alarm at escalation of violence in Syria

Violence In Syria

UN chief voices alarm at escalation of violence in Syria

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced his alarm at the escalation of violence in Syria, ... read more

Ban reiterates calls to end deadly violence and mass arrests in Syria

Violence In Syria

Ban reiterates calls to end deadly violence and mass arrests in Syria

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has reiterated his calls for an immediate end to the violence in ... read more

Syria: UN urges end to violence and calls for probe into killings

Unrest In Syria

Syria: UN urges end to violence and calls for probe into killings

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the ongoing violence against peaceful demonstrators ... read more

Al-Jazeera office raided in Sana'a; anti-press attacks in Libya, Syria, Bahrain

Anti-press attacks intensify in Middle East

Al-Jazeera office raided in Sana'a; anti-press attacks in Libya, Syria, Bahrain

By Hazel Heyer, eTN

New York (eTN) - Plainclothes gunmen raided Al-Jazeera's Sana'a bureau early this morning, ... read more

Mideast countries untouched by mayhem lower tourist forecasts

Mideast Bedlam Affects Tourism In Jordan And Syria

Mideast countries untouched by mayhem lower tourist forecasts

Regional and international tourism professionals are bracing for fallout from the unrest shaking ... read more

Restoring Egyptian Tourism From Crisis to Recovery

Cairo Conflict and Tourism

Restoring Egyptian Tourism From Crisis to Recovery

By David Beirman, Eastern Mediterranean Tourism Association national secretary for Australia

The Egyptian political upheaval is far from over as I write this article now.

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Minister: Syrian tourism up 40 percent

Syrian Tourism Generates $8.3 Billion in 2010

Minister: Syrian tourism up 40 percent

According to Syria's Tourism Minister Saadallah Agha al- Qalaa, the number of visitors to Syria ... read more

Turkey, Syria, Jordan and Lebanon to cooperate on tourism

Beirut Tourism Summit

Turkey, Syria, Jordan and Lebanon to cooperate on tourism

BEIRUT, Lebanon - Tourism Ministers from Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Turkey convened to launch a ... read more

Syrian tourist numbers up 55%

Syria

Syrian tourist numbers up 55%

DAMASCUS — The number of visitors to Syria for the first seven months of this year has risen ... read more

5 men planning to pass fake dollars to tourists arrested in Syria

Syria arrests 5 conterfeiters for forging dollars

5 men planning to pass fake dollars to tourists arrested in Syria

By ALBERT AJI

A Syrian security official says five men have been arrested for forging $6 million and planning ... read more

Women leaders in modern Syria, the Arab world and international community

Women in the Arab World

Women leaders in modern Syria, the Arab world and international community

By Elisabeth Lang, eTN

“Political empowerment of women in [the] Arab World sets new signs, and women will make the ... read more

Syria's tourism up 12%

Tourism Grows In Syria

Syria's tourism up 12%

Tourist numbers in Syria rose 12% last year from 2008 levels, with Arabs accounting for the bulk ... read more

ATB Travel Fair opened by Syrian Tourism Minister Dr. Sadaalah Al Qala’a

6th Edition Of Arab Tourism Borsa

ATB Travel Fair opened by Syrian Tourism Minister Dr. Sadaalah Al Qala’a

By Motaz Othman, eTN Middle East

DAMASCUS, Syria - With participation from official tourism boards such as Greece, Thailand, ... read more

Americans join the crowds on the road to Damascus

Syria

Americans join the crowds on the road to Damascus

The country's capital city Damascus may very well be the oldest continuously populated city in ... read more

Arab nations call on Israel to seize opportunity for peace at UN General Assembly

Mid-East Conflict and Resolution

Arab nations call on Israel to seize opportunity for peace at UN General Assembly

By eTN Staff Writer

The moment has come for Israel to take action to achieve a lasting peace in the Middle East, ... read more

Visa travel restrictions between Syria and Turkey end

Cooperation Deal Signed

Visa travel restrictions between Syria and Turkey end

By eTN Staff Writer

The foreign ministers for Syria and Turkey announced that Syrians could travel to Turkey without ... read more

Syrian tourism grows 23%

Syria

Syrian tourism grows 23%

DAMASCUS - Despite the global financial crisis, Syria saw a 23 percent increase of Arab and ... read more

Syria is opening to tourism

Syria

Syria is opening to tourism

By Khaled Yacoub Oweis

DAMASCUS - Iranian pilgrims pray beside Arabs at the 8th-century Umayyad Mosque, one of ... read more

Low-cost flights to Syria launched by flydubai

Aleppo Added To Flight Schedule

Low-cost flights to Syria launched by flydubai

By eTN Staff Writer

Dubai's first low-cost airline, flydubai, added Aleppo to its list of operational destinations ... read more

Cheering on a new Lebanon

Lebanon

Cheering on a new Lebanon

By Hazel Heyer, eTN Staff Writer

Uber-wealthy politician/billionaire businessman Saad Hariri made his pledge on Saturday as the ... read more

Syria eases visa restrictions on Iraqi tourists

Syria

Syria eases visa restrictions on Iraqi tourists

By msnbc.msn.com

DAMASCUS, Syria - Syria's state-run news agency says Damascus is easing entry visa restrictions ... read more

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