Visiting Lebanon during the pandemic? Here’s what you should know – The National

Visiting Lebanon during the pandemic? Here’s what you should know – The National

A guide to everything travellers need to know as Beirut airport gets set to reopen

















Travellers will be able to fly to Lebanon when Beirut reopens its airport on Wednesday, July 1. Unsplash







After more than three months of being closed to travellers, Lebanon is opening up with Beirut airport set to resume commercial flights on Wednesday, July 1.



Beirut - Rafic Hariri International Airport will reopen to travellers with a reduced capacity of 2,000 passengers per day, about 10 per cent of regular passenger traffic at the airport. This should cut down on lengthy queues for which the airport has long been known for. To help with this, social distancing stickers and signs have been installed throughout the airport and disinfection tunnels have also been set up at the entrance.



What rules are in place for arrivals?







Beirut airport will operate at a reduced capacity, with a cap of 2000 travellers per day. AFP



Visitors coming into the country fall into one of two categories - those coming from countries where Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing is available, and those coming from destinations where