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Due to the ongoing war in southern Lebanon, the tourism industry is taking a massive hit, with losses estimated at over $3 billion.<\/p>\n
Jean Beyrouthi, the Secretary General of Lebanon\u2019s tourism institutions, highlighted how hard the hotel sector has been hit, with occupancy rates dropping below 20%.<\/p>\n
He also mentioned that restaurant visits have been cut in half, and beach resorts and car rentals have seen a similar decline of over 50%.<\/p>\n
Beyrouthi pointed out that the situation in Lebanon and the surrounding region is having a big impact on tourism, causing serious damage across the board.<\/p>\n
These challenges are expected to continue affecting the tourism industry, particularly hotels and travel, at least until next spring, according to Beyrouthi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Due to the ongoing war in southern Lebanon, the tourism industry is taking a massive hit, with losses estimated at over $3 billion. Jean Beyrouthi, the Secretary General of Lebanon\u2019s tourism institutions, highlighted how hard the hotel sector has been hit, with occupancy rates dropping below 20%. He also mentioned that restaurant visits have been … ","protected":false},"author":4364,"featured_media":1704,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[392,30,390,43],"class_list":["post-1703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-hotels","tag-lebanon","tag-restaurants","tag-tourism"],"acf":{"hide_featured_image":false,"featured_image":{"ID":1704,"id":1704,"title":"Lebanon's Tourism","filename":"Lebanons-Tourism.png","filesize":589568,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/08\/09141502\/Lebanons-Tourism.png","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/beirut\/en\/news\/lebanons-tourism-sector-faces-major-losses-amid-ongoing-conflict\/attachment\/lebanons-tourism\/","alt":"","author":"4364","description":"","caption":"","name":"lebanons-tourism","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1703,"date":"2024-08-09 12:15:02","modified":"2024-08-09 12:15:02","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/beirut\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":700,"height":350,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/08\/09141502\/Lebanons-Tourism-small.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/08\/09141502\/Lebanons-Tourism-medium.png","medium-width":250,"medium-height":125,"medium_large":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/08\/09141502\/Lebanons-Tourism.png","medium_large-width":700,"medium_large-height":350,"large":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/08\/09141502\/Lebanons-Tourism-large.png","large-width":700,"large-height":350,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/08\/09141502\/Lebanons-Tourism.png","1536x1536-width":700,"1536x1536-height":350,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/08\/09141502\/Lebanons-Tourism.png","2048x2048-width":700,"2048x2048-height":350,"small":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/08\/09141502\/Lebanons-Tourism-120x60.png","small-width":120,"small-height":60,"custom-size":"https:\/\/cdn.lovin.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2024\/08\/09141502\/Lebanons-Tourism-700x200.png","custom-size-width":700,"custom-size-height":200}},"featured_image_caption":"","ad_square_right":"","summary":"","flexible_content":false,"legacy_image":"","legacy_full_image":"","type_of_video":"Self Hosted","lovin_video_link":false,"lovin_video_link_webm":false,"video_thumbnail":false,"disable_ads":false,"slots_script_override":"","ad_horizontal_top_desktop":"","ad_vertical_left_desktop":"","ad_vertical_right_desktop":"","ad_horizontal_top_tablet":"","ad_horizontal_bottom_tablet":"","ad_horizontal_mobile_1":"","ad_horizontal_mobile_2":"","ad_horizontal_mobile_3":"","article_ad_infeed_slot":"","ad_square_podcast":"","disable_lovin_hearts":false,"lovin_heart_title":"","show_sponsor":false,"sponsor_image":false,"sponsor_name":"","sponsor_content":"","sponsor_website":"","sponsor_facebook":"","sponsor_twitter":"","sponsor_instagram":"","enable_reveal_feature":false,"reveal_image":false,"legacy_sponsor_name":"","legacy_sponsor_website":"","legacy_sponsor_content":"","legacy_sponsor_image":"","featured_for_app":false,"legacy_meta_tags":"","is_guest_user":false,"episode_number":"","embed_code":"","episode_introduction":"","shorten_deep_link":"https:\/\/lovin.go.link\/i9hFX"},"yoast_head":"\n