Articles tagged “lebanon”

Travelers fear the Middle East is decending into war, but the situation is different everywhere you look.

Today’s edition of Skift’s daily podcast looks at long waits for U.S. visas, Accor's business travel forecast, and Lebanon’s tourism focus.

Lebanon does know that its diaspora is essential to help revive the country's tourism economy, but the government would need to do more than just roll out marketing campaigns to convince more tourists to visit the country.

Gulf countries started issuing travel warnings to Lebanon last year as violence trickled across the border, and Lebanese officials are aware that their most important tourist market won’t return until a sense of security is restored.

While some criticism is justified and nothing will happen with these protests against portrayal, case of bad timing as well, after today's big bomb blast in Beirut.