Lebanon expects a good summer season, number of arrivals similar to before 2019: report

Lebanon expects a good summer season, number of arrivals similar to before 2019: report

Despite the crippling economic crisis and the fragmented political situation, Lebanon remains, with its picturesque nature and people, who rise against death and love life, the preferred destination for Arab and foreign tourists and its expatriate, which spread out in most countries of the world.

According to the sector's leaders, tourism flourished during Easter and Eid Al-Fitr holidays in April, noting that the expected number of arrivals for the next summer season may approach the numbers that Lebanon was recording before the crisis erupted in 2019.

President of the Lebanese Federation for Tourism and Head of the Lebanese Hotel Association Pierre Ashkar said in an interview with the "Nidaa Al-Watan" that "the number of Lebanese in the Arab Gulf is 450,000 and 250,000 expatriates in Africa. They come to Lebanon during the holidays, but most reside in the homes of relatives in Lebanon and are not booked in hotels".

He pointed out that "we cannot rely on the numbers that came to Lebanon on Eid al-Fitr to build expectations about the summer season because the summer holiday is longer, and therefore the numbers of arrivals to Lebanon from abroad are generally greater."

Commenting on the impact of the economic crisis on the tourist season