Posted By
Fred
Feb 17, 2019 03:49
The 15-month old travel ban Saudi Arabia imposed on Lebanon in November 2017 following security concerns, has been lifted off following the latest government formation. A flock of Gulf tourists is expected to flood the country again this summer, with good relations re-established with the Arabic Kingdom, which recently announced at the Cedar Conference in Paris in April 2018 $1 billion of investments for Lebanese projects. The UAE, Qatar, and Bahrein still ban their citizens from…
Posted By
Fred
Feb 17, 2019 03:48
Following a few posts that went viral last week, with Lebanese citizens ranting about the new phone customs set by the MOT for personal users to pay, a few clarifications and a glimmer of hope have emerged. To sum up the current situation, a law passed last summer stipulated that any person who had bought a mobile phone abroad , dating even a few years back, would have to pay custom fees once the phone enters…
Lebanon
5 years ago
Founded in 2018 by Raphael and Roger Zakkar, sons of Max Zaccar, president of “Commercial Insurance”, this new mobile application is taking Lebanon by storm, and if you haven’t used it yet, you’ll find it’s super ...
Lebanon
5 years ago
According to Flight Global’s website, the Middle East Airlines’s full-year financial statement points to the commitment to 4 new Airbuses (A330neo) in addition to 11 previously announced ones (A321neo), in the carrier’s bid to modernise its long-haul ...
Middle East
5 years ago
Arton Capital’s updated Passport Index released on October 30, which ranks passports of the world by their total visa-free score, has listed Lebanon’s in the 85th place [89th in 2017], while UAE’s passport still has ...
Beirut
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On the third episode of the show “French in the city”, which airs on M6 every Saturday night, David Ginola took his community to Lebanon, by following French people’s daily lives, who’ve been residing in ...
Lebanon
5 years ago
Building up quite a good reputation in Lebanon during the past year or so, Transavia France, the low-cost arm of the Air France-KLM Group and the French operations of Transavia, will be launching a weekly ...
News
5 years ago
[Update: May 1 2019] One of the blog readers informed me the embassy denied the below and we still need a VISA until further notice. Lebanese will no longer need a visa to visit South ...
Travel
5 years ago
I had no idea we had direct flights from Beirut’s airport to Amsterdam but I came across this post on the Embassy of the Netherlands’ page: Ready for take off ✈️ Great news! Transavia has ...
Baladi
5 years ago
So the famous French travel vlogger Tolt did end up releasing a “Don’t go to #Lebanon” and it looks pretty cool! However, it did feel like watching the “Rise Above Lebanon” tourism video with all ...
