Den första gruppen med 6 turister från Frankrike kom i helgen - alltid en början. Vi behöver många fler för att nå dom 1,8 miljoner, som hade planerat besöka oss detta år.

BEIRUT: The first international tour group to visit Lebanon since the August 14 cease-fire arrived in Beirut on Saturday in a solidarity mission aimed at reviving the country's war-ravaged global image - and hopefully the fortunes of its struggling hospitality sector. The first step in repairing some of the damage to the tourism industry - which accounts for 9 percent of GDP - is for foreign governments to remove Lebanon from their travel advisory lists so tour operators can feature the destination on their rosters again, according to TLB Destinations, the company that organized this weekend's trip.

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=3&article_id=76027

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