It doesn't matter anymore if the opposition decides tomorrow to ask its protesters to return home and to seek a political solution (like the one that is floating right now which might just end the political impasse, a suggestion by PM Seniora to accept a 19-9-2 Cabinet line-up), the damage has been done!
Pierre Ashkar, the head of the Federation of Tourism Syndicates, mourned Tourism in Lebanon and claimed that it died in 2006 as a "martyr". Hotel reservations around the country have went from 90%, to 50% when Hizbullah threatened to take to the streets, and now 0%.
Here comes the more painful piece of news: It is projected that in the next two months, 15,000 employees in the tourism industry will be laid off.
15,000 livelihoods, 15,000 families, 15,000 dreams...imagine the ripple effects of such mass layoffs on the country. Where will all the 15,000 Lebanese men and women go? What will be their alternative? And this is only in the tourism industry, then how about in the retail industry?
"Nobody knows how many rebellions, besides political rebellions, ferment in the masses of life which people earth."
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Just want to commend the lebanese for being a more open society than some of the more hardcore extremist middle eastern countries. Even with a slow economy, things will surely get better.
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That's interesting, Doha. Did you forget to mention that the reason for this drop in tourism was the Israeli war on Lebanon, not the protests by Hizballah? I hope your message is not "okay everybody, get ready for the White Man, we have to behave!!"
oooh yaman, what a breath-taking observation! Doha, FGA, and those 15,000 unemployed people live to impress "the white man." (oops, sorry I forgot to capitalize)
except... wait. facts on the ground tell me otherwise. Facts, yaman, tell me that the overwhelming number of tourists that visit Lebanon are actually Lebanese expats and the "dark man" from those desert kingdoms to our south.
please yaman... the sort of language you used in this particular comment of yours does not belong on this blog. it belongs over at the Angry Idiot's blog.
As for the war in the summer, well... I don't even want to go there. All I have to say is the following: just as Hizballah is blameless for the protests and its consequences today, it is blameless for the carnage and destruction wrought upon the country in the Summer. You see, Hizballah is always blameless. How could it be blamed? For it is the party of God on earth, lead by the Victory of God on Earth and supported by God's followers on Earth.
killo feda l sayyidd...
ta ta ta ta3 ta ta3 !!
My sympathies. And the sympathy of everyone I know.
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