Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Pope Leo XIV is expected to travel to Lebanon before the end of the year on his first international trip.

Pope Leo XIV is preparing to travel to Lebanon later this year, in what could be his first journey abroad since being elected ...

Pope Leo XIV could visit Lebanon before the end of the year, the leader of the country’s Maronite Catholics, Cardinal Bechara ...

Lebanon has been experiencing a significant decline in tourist numbers, which dropped to 1.13 million people in December 2024 from 2.1 million in 2018 to due to political instability, security ...

Lebanese Tourism Minister Laura Khazen Lahoud speaks at an event launching the country's tourism season at the St. Georges Hotel in Beirut, Lebanon, May 25, 2025. Credit: AP/Hussein Malla ...

After weathering an economic meltdown, Lebanon’s restaurants and hotels face the challenge of staying open amid the Israel-Hamas war.

Tourism is at nearly zero now in Lebanon,” Pierre Achkar, chairman of the Lebanese Federation for Tourism and president of the Hotel Owners' Association, told The National.

With the unemployment rate at 30%, tourism is one of the few sectors creating jobs. Mr Nassar estimates tourists will spend $9bn this year, a sum equal to 41% of Lebanon’s shrivelled GDP.

Business Four years into crisis, Lebanon's leaders hope tourism boom will help bypass reforms in IMF bailout Clients wait to use ATMs outside a closed bank in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, June 2, 2021.

Four years into Lebanon's historic economic meltdown, Lebanon's elites are pushing an economic recovery plan that would sidestep critical reforms demanded by the International Monetary Fund.