Tourism

Sustainable tourism is one important vertical under the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8, for achieving decent work and economic growth. While the clock is ticking hazardously for all …

Elie Marouni was appointed Lebanon’s minister of tourism in July 2008 and held the chair until the new cabinet was formed in November 2009. Executive sat with Marouni shortly before …

Ihab Kanawati General manager, Crowne Plaza Hotel The most important thing in Lebanon is its natural beauty. That is a big advantage we should always remember.  We are becoming a …

Lebanon’s tourism sector may have achieved record-high numbers in 2009, but still has a long way to go before it achieves its full growth potential. The long years of civil …

Whether for business, leisure, entertainment, health or cultural tourism, visitors flocked to Lebanon in 2009, and the country is regaining its position as a major tourism destination in the Middle …

Since the assassination of Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri in 2005, the Lebanese tourism industry has fallen victim to one crisis after the other. This year, as feuding political factions struck …

For most people, Lebanon is synonymous with shopping and partying galore. However, its Mediterranean atmosphere offers a wide variety of handsome landscapes — unusual when compared to neighboring countries where …

In spite of the images of conflict and war associated with Lebanon over the last few years, the Land of the Cedars has (again) become one of the region’s party …

One axis of economic development in the Maghreb is the fast growing tourism sector, which Morocco and Tunisia have made a top priority. Algeria, which can afford to fall back …

Lebanese officials are the kings of temporary fixes. For years now government employees have turned a blind eye on infrastructural problems plaguing the country’s various economic sectors. The Lebanese tourism …