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Lebanon made it to list of “9 places you must see before you die”

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Pigeon Rocks, Beirut. Despite travel warnings issued against the country in the past year, Lebanon remains a very popular tourist attraction. (Shutterstock)
Pigeon Rocks, Beirut. Despite travel warnings issued against the country in the past year, Lebanon remains a very popular tourist attraction. (Shutterstock)
Lebanon has made it to a list of the Huffington Post’s “nine places you must see before you die” this week, despite travel warnings issued against the country in the past year.

The Mediterranean country was listed alongside London, Santorini in Greece, Guadeloupe, Denmark, Bora Bora, Italy, Scotland and Hawaiii – in no particular order. Lebanon was the only Arab country on the list.

The country boasts beaches, superb Roman and Phoenician sites and legendary nightlife.

Despite its popularity, Lebanon’s tourist industry has suffered amid the conflict in neighboring Syria, with deadly sectarian attacks and the influx of more than half a million refugees. Last year, the six oil-producing Gulf monarchies told their citizens to avoid Lebanon for security reasons.

Last week, Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Ali al-Awwad Asiri, who returned to Beirut after an absence of nine months, said Saudis can travel to Lebanon only when the Lebanese government has implemented the security plan it has prepared.

The number of tourists to Lebanon dropped by 10 percent in the first eight months of 2013 compared to the same period last year,

The number of tourists totaled 891,079 compared to 986,649 in 2012, with Europeans accounting for 35 percent of total visitors, followed by Arabs at 30.6 percent, the Daily Star Lebanon reported last September.

Al Arabiya

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8 responses to “Lebanon made it to list of “9 places you must see before you die””

  1. master09 Avatar
    master09

    They have a point you visit Lebanon than some one kidnaps u and u die. One of nine places to see 30 mins before your blown up. Lol

    1. AkhouManUki Avatar
      AkhouManUki

      come on now master, let’s not deter people from visiting our great country. 30 minutes is a little bit of an exaggeration – you’ll last at least 45 minutes before burning tires and a zillzal rocket creep up on your back.

      Just make sure to add Dahyie to the itinerary – it’s a must see experience while in Lebanon!

    2. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      Which is why you go late in life … when you don’t look dangerous at all. 🙂
      Gives you a 50/50 chance on the ‘bus tour’. :-))))

  2. IraniAngel Avatar
    IraniAngel

    which is why imma visit lebanon this summer. i count the minutes

    1. AkhouManUki Avatar
      AkhouManUki

      When are you going to be there?

  3. sweetvirgo Avatar
    sweetvirgo

    Lebanon is a beautiful country. Too bad there are a lot of riff raff’s that want to see Lebanon burn.

    1. AkhouManUki Avatar
      AkhouManUki

      You know what we say to that riff raff? Lebanon is the most resilient country on the planet – wars, corrupt leaders, foreign militias, more refugees per capita than anywhere else, visitors from the gulf, racists, and to top it off electricity is a luxury.

      With these major setbacks, most countries would crumble and never recover. Lebanon is a miracle in itself, and despite the best efforts of the toxic majority to bury Lebanon, it ain’t going no where.

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