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Despite cease-fire, Lebanon’s tourism sector saw no festive boost at year-end

Hotel occupancy in Beirut remained below 30 percent during peak days, according to the sector's experts.

Despite cease-fire, Lebanon’s tourism sector saw no festive boost at year-end

One of the pedestrian streets in downtown Beirut, located next to the Beirut Souks mall, on Dec. 9, 2024. (Credit: Philippe Hage Boutros/Archives L'Orient Today)

BEIRUT — “I decided to skip Christmas this year,” says Pamela*, a Lebanese expat living in Austria. She usually books her flights home for the holidays well in advance, but the war that raged between Hezbollah and Israel since late September made it...
BEIRUT — “I decided to skip Christmas this year,” says Pamela*, a Lebanese expat living in Austria. She usually books her flights home for the holidays well in advance, but the war that raged between Hezbollah and Israel since late September made it...