Published on : Saturday, September 15, 2018
Egypt, Jordan and Turkey are not more attractive than Lebanon but they know how to promote their touristic attractions. What we need in Lebanon is enough budget to promote our tourism sector and attract more tourists to the country he said according to the National News Agency.
His remarks came during a workshop held at the Economic and Social Council to discuss challenges facing the tourism sector.
Guidanian said that the number of tourists who arrived in Lebanon in 2010 is only ten percent higher compared to the year 2018 but spending by tourists has changed remarkably.
Pierre Ashkar, president of the Syndicate of Hotel Owners in Lebanon, previously told Xinhua that Gulf tourists are the ones who spend mostly in Lebanon and they are absent nowadays.
Ashkar said that tourism activity will improve only when tourists from the Gulf return to Lebanon.
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