Lebanon’s tourism revenues on the rise

Moreover, the number of tourists in the first five months of 2010 reached a record high when compared to the same period of previous years as the country initiates what is expected to be a historical tourism season. The distribution of tourists by origin in the first five months of 2010 indicates that the majority of visitors were from Arab countries with 41 percent followed by Europe with 25 percent visitors. Asia had 19 percent of the total aggregate visitors, the Americas had 10 percent, Oceania were at 3 percent and visitors from Africa had 2 percent.