According to the Ministry of Tourism’s data, the number of incoming visitors witnessed an annual drop of 24.03% by August 2024, reaching 933,976 by August 2024. This drop is due to the security situation along Lebanon’s southern border and ongoing Israeli attacks on Lebanese territory which escalated and targeted several high ranked Hezbollah military officials. Indeed, many countries urged their citizens not to travel to Lebanon due to the deteriorating security situation.
The breakdown of statistics by the Ministry of Tourism reveals that the number of tourists from the top three destinations recorded considerable downticks. In details, Europeans grasped the lion’s share of 41.17% of the 2024 total number of tourists till August 2024. Travelers from the Arab countries came in second, grasping a share of 24.36% while American tourists constituted 20.66% of the 2024 total number of tourists till August 2024. In more details, the number of European tourists dropped by 25.13% year-on-year (YOY) to 384,491 by August 2024. Furthermore, the number of tourists from the Arab countries declined by 25.14% YOY to reach 227,524. Lastly, tourists from the American continent fell by 26.03% YOY to reach 192,950 visitors by August 2024.
Tourism Activity by August 2024
Source: Ministry of Tourism
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