BEIRUT — Fireworks lit up the night sky over Beirut’s famous St. Georges Hotel as hit songs from the 1960s and 70s filled the air in a courtyard overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. The retro ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 13 (UPI) --The oil-rich Gulf countries, once Lebanon's main supporters, now are making a cautious comeback after years of disengagement. This shift comes as Hezbollah has been ...

As vital as tourism is — it accounted for almost 20% of Lebanon's economy before it tanked in 2019 — the country's leaders say it is just one piece of a larger puzzle they are trying to put ...

Walid Nassar, the tourism minister, expects 2m visitors this summer, an influx equal to 40% of Lebanon’s population. Most will be Lebanese expats for whom a summer trip home is a cherished ...

Lebanon’s hopes of boosting a moribund economy with tourism revenue have been thwarted, after an Israeli airstrike on the capital Beirut and threat of all-out war triggered a series of travel ...

This has had a significant impact on vital tourist revenue, according to Sami Zoughaib, an economist at the Policy Initiative think tank in Beirut. “If we had assumed a tourist revenue similar ...

Jeita Grotto will reopen to visitors starting July 15, following intensive efforts that led to a mutual agreement between the ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Four years into its historic economic meltdown, Lebanon’s political elites, masters at survival, are pushing for a recovery that would sidestep tough reforms demanded by the ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Four years into its historic economic meltdown, Lebanon’s political elites, masters at survival, are pushing for a recovery that would sidestep tough reforms demanded by the ...