Beirut, December 2026. For the second year in a row, the number of tourists visiting Lebanon has topped 3 million. They are lured by the country’s historical sites, great food and social scene, as well as by their curiosity to experience the multicultural milieu that makes Lebanon such a unique place, not only for the Middle East, but the entire world. As of last June, tourists can move around more easily, taking advantage of the new city transit system that has helped make Beirut one of the most accessible and livable cities on the Mediterranean. Traffic jams and piles of trash, so common only a decade ago, are now long gone. The country has been doing well politically and economically, growing by an average of 5 percent per year in the last five years alone. Elections are taking place within constitutional deadlines and under modern electoral laws. More and more
