Tourism is one of Lebanon's most important sources of income in the state treasury, where it was since ancient times until the present time constitute the pillar of the national economy of Lebanon, and provide job opportunities for many people. Was seen to Lebanon before the civil war, as the "Switzerland of the East", where he attracts capital and foreign business and many of the tourists who want to identify the culture and habits of the population of the eastern Mediterranean.
The nature of Lebanon and its cultural diversity and historical result of the different civilizations that have passed him made him a popular destination prominent foreign tourists, The country includes a number of attractions and activities that are of interest to different groups of people, there are many effects of Greek and Romanian remaining, forts and castles of Arab, Byzantine and Crusader, limestone caves, churches and mosques historically, sandy and rocky shores, cabarets, nightclubs, mountain ski resorts, in addition to the world-famous Lebanese cuisine.
There are many private investments that took the float to the surface currently in this sector to grow Taker, as she returned to the country, a lot of the global hotel companies after that she left at the beginning of the civil war. Re-opening of the "Casino du Liban" in 1996, which was a major destination for tourists during the sixties of the twentieth century. Lebanon is the only country in the Arab world that can be purposed in the winter for skiing and other winter sports, where it was to expand and renew the largest ski resort in the country, to accommodate more people and provides them with better services. Officials believe that the return of peace and stability to Lebanon, the tourism sector will come back again to be the most important sources of income for the Lebanese government. Lebanon's tourism sector depends also on the large number of Lebanese immigrants who return each year to their home country during the summer season to Aamadoh between parents and their friends.
Cultural Tourism
Lebanon is one of the richest countries culturally, as it combines a number of features of East and West, from human settlements that date back to the Stone Age, to the cities and Petty Phoenician, and temples Romania to Rites dug in the mountains, and Crusader castles to mosques Mamluk and public baths Ottoman Empire. In doing so, some say that Lebanon is a "mosaic combining Eastern and Western world" and the "Encyclopedia of the civilizations of the ancient world of modern and old."
The history of cultural tourism is very old in Lebanon, where he visited a lot of Orientalists, scholars and poets European country for their interest in the culture and habits of the Lebanese East, notably: Alphonse de Lamartine and Ernest Renan and Victor Gorin, and those came mostly in the nineteenth century to recognize closely at the historical monuments, sites effects, traditional clothing, religious ceremonies, or pilgrimage to some holy places and shrines. Behind some of them after visiting some of the paintings and diaries.
Tourism impacts
The history of archeology in Lebanon very old, it dates back to the reign of Almtsrvip, where he was disposed "and As Pasha" (1883-1893) was interested rulers archeological excavations. [5] has been detected many archaeological sites in Lebanon during past epochs even today, some of which have been repairing damaged during the civil war, but a lot of other sites still languishing under-populated towns and villages built on the ruins since ancient times.
Museums
Lebanon's three major museums:
Beirut National Museum was established in 1937, which contains nearly 100,000 artifacts, mostly dating back to ancient times and Central, including 1,300 pieces dating to between prehistoric times to the reign of the Mamluks in the Middle Ages.
Gibran Museum: It was basically in the town of Dera human, then turned into a museum by the "Association of Friends of Gibran," in honor of the philosopher and writer, poet and painter and theologian Lebanese American Khalil Gibran. The museum contains a diary Gibran and his furniture and his personal library and his paintings.
American University Museum: This museum is the third oldest museum in the Near East, which displays a number of artifacts dating back to the Stone Age up to the Islamic period.
It museums other famous: Museum of Ameen Rihani - Museum Mustafa smolts - Museum and Library Catholicosate Qiliqih - Museum of Baalbek - Dahesh Museum of Art - Museum of Lebanese heritage - Museum Robert Mouawad private - Museum of Jubail Fossils - Sursock Palace - Wax Museum in Jbeil - Museum of Memory Time - soap Museum in Sidon
Religious tourism
Lebanon is located at the crossroads for all of Europe, Asia and Africa, and is therefore located in the center of the Arab and Islamic worlds and combines Christian European cultures thus Dinatin and Asarhama in the cultural melting pot one. This shows up clearly in the Islamic monuments and ancient Christianity and which still exist even today, in addition to the customs and traditions shared between followers of the two religions, and which are still outstanding even today, although the intensity more or less depending on the degree of openness to the West and mixing with the followers of the other religion. Lebanon was a refuge for many of the religious communities of the oppressed through the ages, adding it religiously growing legacy and accumulated over many centuries manifested in a number of shrines and Christian and Muslim shrines.
Is the most prominent Islamic landmarks in Lebanon, represented by a number of mosques, libraries, schools and public baths in the town of Anjar, which was founded by the Umayyads in the eighth century, and the cities of Beirut, Tripoli and Sidon. The Christian monuments are located in the most Jbeil, Jounieh, Beirut and Bkirki, and a number of areas in Mount Lebanon and the South. There are also features of the Druze religious sect, especially without the others, most of them located in the Chouf.
source: ar.wikipedia.org
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