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 of visitors, government statistics showed.

6th Edition Of Arab Tourism Borsa

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

DAMASCUS, Syria - With participation from official tourism boards such as Greece, Thailand, Jordan, Turkey, India, Malaysia, and Syria together with airlines, hotels, tour operators, restaurants, and

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 the world. At least it lays claim to that title.

Mid-East Conflict and Resolution

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

The moment has come for Israel to take action to achieve a lasting peace in the Middle East, Arab nations told the I=United Nations General Assembly’s high-level debate yesterday, calling for an imm

Cooperation Deal Signed

Visa travel restrictions between Syria and Turkey end

The foreign ministers for Syria and Turkey announced that Syrians could travel to Turkey without visas, and vice versa.

Syria

Syrian tourism grows 23%

DAMASCUS - Despite the global financial crisis, Syria saw a 23 percent increase of Arab and European tourists in July compared to the same month last year, showed the latest official statistics releas

Syria

Syria is opening to tourism

DAMASCUS - Iranian pilgrims pray beside Arabs at the 8th-century Umayyad Mosque, one of Islam’s grandest sites.

Aleppo Added To Flight Schedule

Low-cost flights to Syria launched by flydubai

Dubai's first low-cost airline, flydubai, added Aleppo to its list of operational destinations this morning when its inaugural flight touched down in Syria's second largest city.

Lebanon

Cheering on a new Lebanon

Uber-wealthy politician/billionaire businessman Saad Hariri made his pledge on Saturday as the new presidential-appointed prime minister of Lebanon.

Syria

Syria eases visa restrictions on Iraqi tourists

DAMASCUS, Syria - Syria's state-run news agency says Damascus is easing entry visa restrictions to Iraqi tourists after 17 months of strict regulations that barred most from entering.

Syria

Nearly six million tourists visit Syria in 2008: reports

DAMASCUS — A total of 5.9 million foreign tourists visited Syria in 2008, a rise of 15 percent from the previous year, according to the tourism ministry, cited by local media.

Syria

Long-isolated Syria warms to tourism

It took Mamoun Al-Halabi almost four years to transform a damp and dilapidated Ottoman house on a narrow lane in Damascus's old city into a chic, five-star hotel.

Syria Drought

1 million drought victims in Syria prompt $20 million UN appeal

The United Nations last week launched an appeal for $20 million to help up to 1 millions Syrians, predominantly herders and subsistence farmers, hit by the country’s worst drought in four decades.

Lebanon, Syria

Lebanon winner in trade with Syria

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

Middle East Aviation

Dubai, Syria to launch new airlines

Two new airliners are to join the rapidly developing aviation industry in the Middle East.

Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Muhammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, earlier this week instructed concerned authorities to set up a low-cost carrier that will join the national airliner Emirates, the local daily Gulf News reported.

Syria And Italy Cooperation

Syria and Italy to activate tourism and investment

Rome, Italy - Syria Tourism Minister Saadallah Agha al-Qal'a on Saturday reviewed with Governor of Lombardy Roberto Formegoni and Mayor of Milan Letizia Moratti ways of strengthening foundations of the real partnership with Italy in fields of tourism and investment and stimulating the tourism movement between the two countries.

Syria

Syrian private airline faces stiff competition

DAMASCUS • Syria's first privately owned airline is set to expand with routes to Egypt, but is already facing powerful competition after decades of a government monopoly on air transport.