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Beaches, restaurants, hotels: Why is Lebanon so expensive?

While inflation soared by 60 percent over the past year, the rise in prices was similar to that of the exchange rate to the dollar throughout the crisis.

Beaches, restaurants, hotels: Why is Lebanon so expensive?

Customers sharing a meal and hookah at the Dar Beirut restaurant in Gemmayzeh, January 13, 2023. (Credit: João Sousa)

“We paid too much for not much," said Nour, after a day at the beach, where he paid $40 to enter and $20 for food and drink. Nour, Lebanese and living in France, had returned to Lebanon for a few days, finding himself faced with ever-rising...
“We paid too much for not much," said Nour, after a day at the beach, where he paid $40 to enter and $20 for food and drink. Nour, Lebanese and living in France, had returned to Lebanon for a few days, finding himself faced with ever-rising...