In Lebanon, Airbnbs became a promising tourist experience: report

In Lebanon, Airbnbs became a promising tourist experience: report

Preparations are underway to receive tourists and expatriates returning to Lebanon. The Ministry of Tourism has gathered "its arms," along with all those working in the tourism sector, including hotels, resorts, restaurants, and guest houses.

Only a promising tourism sector raises its head shyly but steadfastly and persistently amidst the crowd of preparations without having received sufficient support from those concerned with tourism to this day.

It is the Airbnb sector, or what is known as short-term rentals, which is now competing with hotels globally and locally, despite the lack of legal legislation for it yet.

Lebanon rode this tourism wave and began transforming it from an individual business with limited interest and profits into an organized business that could contribute to activating Lebanon's response to the challenges posed by new tourism methods and, at the same time, contribute to increasing tourism revenues for the country and individuals at a time when they are in dire need of hard currency returns.

Based on Nidaa al-Watan, this type of rent boom began with the boom of the Internet. Hence, anyone with a house or a room in his home that he would like to rent resorts to displaying it through Internet platforms for interested parties