- brand
- ArabiaTour.com
- scope_order
- 7
- country
- Lebanon
- country_iso2
- LB
- country_iso3
- LBN
- scope_note
- The 10 countries specified for ArabiaTour.com.
- tourism_visits
- 1635490
- tourism_visits_year
- 2025
- tourism_metric
- Tourist arrivals
- tourism_value_qualifier
- reported_exact
- tourism_comparability_note
- Ministry of Tourism arrivals reproduced through Bank Audi. Counts should not be equated with all passengers through Beirut airport.
- gdp_nominal_usd_billion
- 25.97
- gdp_year
- 2024
- gdp_per_capita_current_usd
- 4473.3
- gdp_per_capita_year
- 2024
- summary_five_paragraphs
- Lebanon combines coastal urban culture, historic ports, archaeological sites, and mountain landscapes. The cited government trade-agency report, drawing on Bank Audi and the tourism ministry, records 1,635,490 tourist arrivals in 2025. The World Bank country page displayed nominal GDP of USD 25.97 billion for 2024.
The five cultural selections are Beirut, Byblos, Baalbek, Bsharri with Qadisha and the Cedars, and Beiteddine with the Chouf. Beirut and Byblos offer distinct urban and coastal heritage settings, while Baalbek’s temple complex is a major archaeological reference. Qadisha and the Cedars connect mountain landscapes with religious and cultural heritage, and Beiteddine adds a palace-and-village circuit. Baalbek is explicitly flagged under an essential-travel warning, and the inclusion of a destination in this table does not endorse a routine leisure excursion there.
Lebanese General Security publishes nationality-specific visa instructions, including a free one-month arrival visa for eligible passports and prior-approval routes for others. Any extension is a separate permission, not an automatic entitlement to remain for three months. Travelers should confirm the required passport validity, local address or hotel, contact information, onward ticket, and any category-specific financial evidence. Visa eligibility must be checked independently of the security situation, because an available entry route does not override an advisory or guarantee an operating flight.
The USD 100-190 midrange daily band is only an unverified ordinary-service planning baseline for a person sharing a double room where travel is actually feasible. It excludes disruption, emergency accommodation, special insurance, and any security-related arrangements. The current shortlist includes Phoenicia Beirut, EddéSands near Byblos, Le Cedrus, Mir Amin Palace, and Albergo rather than silently recycling properties publicly marked closed. All selected destinations depend on Beirut airport and road transfers, and Baalbek has no hotel reference in the selection.
Spring or early autumn can be an editorial climate preference for mixed coastal and mountain interests, but security, transport, and local operation must take precedence over season. FCDO’s warnings are geographically differentiated: specified southern Beirut suburbs and other areas have all-travel warnings, while Baalbek-Hermel outside the most restricted zone and additional regions have essential-travel warnings. It would be inaccurate to assign the same warning to every Beirut district or the entire country. Confirm current routes, accommodation operation, payment arrangements, insurance acceptance, and cancellation terms before making any commitment. - capital
- Beirut
- official_language
- Arabic
- currency_code
- LBP
- currency_name
- Lebanese pound
- gdp_basis
- Nominal GDP, current US dollars; World Bank latest displayed annual value
- gdp_precision_note
- Rounded to the precision displayed on the World Bank country page.
- visa_route
- Eligible passports may receive a free one-month visa on arrival, extendable up to three months subject to approval; others require prior authorization or a consular visa.
- how_to_get_visa
- Check Lebanese General Security’s nationality-specific instructions before travel. For prior approval, contact the relevant Lebanese mission or authorized route; carry passport, hotel or host contact, onward ticket, and required financial evidence.
- visa_stay_and_validity
- Arrival and extension permissions vary by nationality. The common eligible arrival grant is one month; an extension is a separate permission, not an automatic right.
- visa_fee_note
- The cited arrival visa is free for eligible passports. Prior-approval, consular, and other visa fees vary and were not priced as a universal fee.
- passport_and_documents
- Check the mission’s current passport-validity requirement. A local address or hotel, contact number, return ticket, and nationality-specific proof of funds may be required.
- visa_key_restrictions
- Eligibility is not universal, and entry-history or other nationality-specific restrictions may apply. Visa availability does not override travel warnings or flight disruption.
- best_time_to_visit_editorial
- April to June or September to October for a mixed coast-and-mountain itinerary, only where current advice and access permit.
- suggested_trip_length_editorial
- No unconditional leisure itinerary; a limited multi-day trip requires area-by-area advisory and operator review.
- tourism_themes
- Heritage | Food and culture | Historic coastal towns | Mountains
- getting_around
- Beirut airport is the main air gateway; use a locally checked transfer plan and reassess each mountain or interior road route.
- culture_and_access_note
- Confirm religious-site conduct, checkpoint rules, photography restrictions, and local operating conditions.
- cost_drivers_and_practical_note
- Payment arrangements, exchange conditions, power continuity, transport disruption, and cancellation terms need direct confirmation.
- travel_advisory_summary
- Area-specific severe warnings: all travel is discouraged to specified southern Beirut suburbs, South/Nabatiyeh and other listed areas; all but essential travel applies to Baalbek-Hermel outside the all-travel zone and other specified regions.
- airport_operating_note
- BEY availability and airport approach routes require rechecking; central Beirut and the whole country must not be assigned one undifferentiated warning label.
- travel_advisory_authority
- UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
- cost_estimate_method
- Independent editorial planning assumptions.
- cost_basis
- USD per person per day, two adults sharing a double room; modest accommodation, meals, local ground transport, and routine sightseeing within the selected tier.
- cost_exclusions
- International flights | visas | insurance | intercity flights and long transfers | premium guided tours | diving/balloon flights | private security | shopping | major-event premiums
- cost_special_note
- Ordinary-service baseline only where accessible; disruption, emergency accommodation, security, and special insurance are excluded.
- budget_usd_pp_day_low
- 45
- budget_usd_pp_day_high
- 80
- midrange_usd_pp_day_low
- 100
- midrange_usd_pp_day_high
- 190
- luxury_usd_pp_day_low
- 250
- luxury_usd_pp_day_high
- 550
- midrange_7_day_usd_pp_low
- 700
- midrange_7_day_usd_pp_high
- 1330
- cost_context_source_ids
- Not verified, not supplied or not applicable — not zero.
- cost_context_source_urls
- Not verified, not supplied or not applicable — not zero.
- summary_paragraph_1
- Lebanon combines coastal urban culture, historic ports, archaeological sites, and mountain landscapes. The cited government trade-agency report, drawing on Bank Audi and the tourism ministry, records 1,635,490 tourist arrivals in 2025. The World Bank country page displayed nominal GDP of USD 25.97 billion for 2024.
- summary_paragraph_2
- The five cultural selections are Beirut, Byblos, Baalbek, Bsharri with Qadisha and the Cedars, and Beiteddine with the Chouf. Beirut and Byblos offer distinct urban and coastal heritage settings, while Baalbek’s temple complex is a major archaeological reference. Qadisha and the Cedars connect mountain landscapes with religious and cultural heritage, and Beiteddine adds a palace-and-village circuit. Baalbek is explicitly flagged under an essential-travel warning, and the inclusion of a destination in this table does not endorse a routine leisure excursion there.
- summary_paragraph_3
- Lebanese General Security publishes nationality-specific visa instructions, including a free one-month arrival visa for eligible passports and prior-approval routes for others. Any extension is a separate permission, not an automatic entitlement to remain for three months. Travelers should confirm the required passport validity, local address or hotel, contact information, onward ticket, and any category-specific financial evidence. Visa eligibility must be checked independently of the security situation, because an available entry route does not override an advisory or guarantee an operating flight.
- summary_paragraph_3_source_ids
- LB_VIS
- summary_paragraph_4
- The USD 100-190 midrange daily band is only an unverified ordinary-service planning baseline for a person sharing a double room where travel is actually feasible. It excludes disruption, emergency accommodation, special insurance, and any security-related arrangements. The current shortlist includes Phoenicia Beirut, EddéSands near Byblos, Le Cedrus, Mir Amin Palace, and Albergo rather than silently recycling properties publicly marked closed. All selected destinations depend on Beirut airport and road transfers, and Baalbek has no hotel reference in the selection.
- summary_paragraph_5
- Spring or early autumn can be an editorial climate preference for mixed coastal and mountain interests, but security, transport, and local operation must take precedence over season. FCDO’s warnings are geographically differentiated: specified southern Beirut suburbs and other areas have all-travel warnings, while Baalbek-Hermel outside the most restricted zone and additional regions have essential-travel warnings. It would be inaccurate to assign the same warning to every Beirut district or the entire country. Confirm current routes, accommodation operation, payment arrangements, insurance acceptance, and cancellation terms before making any commitment.
- destination_1_name
- Beirut
- destination_1_top_sites
- National Museum of Beirut | Corniche | Raouché rocks | Gemmayzeh and central-city streets
- destination_1_airports
- Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport (BEY)
- destination_1_access_note
- Use an approved current airport-transfer route and verify airline operation. Avoid assuming all city districts have the same advisory status.
- destination_1_warning
- Some southern Beirut suburbs are subject to all-travel warnings. The airport access corridor has a distinct advisory treatment.
- destination_2_name
- Byblos / Jbeil
- destination_2_top_sites
- Byblos archaeological site | Crusader castle | Old port | Traditional souq
- destination_2_airports
- Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport (BEY)
- destination_2_access_note
- Road transfer north of Beirut; confirm traffic, checkpoints, and current route conditions.
- destination_2_warning
- Not verified, not supplied or not applicable — not zero.
- destination_3_name
- Baalbek
- destination_3_top_sites
- Temple of Jupiter | Temple of Bacchus | Baalbek archaeological complex
- destination_3_airports
- Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport (BEY)
- destination_3_access_note
- Overland route through the interior requires current security review; there is no routine commercial airport at the site.
- destination_3_warning
- FCDO advises against all but essential travel to the relevant Baalbek-Hermel area.
- destination_4_name
- Bsharri, Qadisha Valley and the Cedars
- destination_4_top_sites
- Qadisha Valley | Cedars of God | Gibran Museum | Bsharri
- destination_4_airports
- Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport (BEY)
- destination_4_access_note
- Road transfer north and inland; mountain roads and winter conditions need separate checks.
- destination_4_warning
- Not verified, not supplied or not applicable — not zero.
- destination_5_name
- Beiteddine and the Chouf
- destination_5_top_sites
- Beiteddine Palace | Deir el Qamar | Shouf cedar landscapes
- destination_5_airports
- Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport (BEY)
- destination_5_access_note
- Use a locally checked road route; advisory boundaries differ across the Chouf and southern Mount Lebanon.
- destination_5_warning
- Do not generalize access in Beiteddine to warned areas farther south in Mount Lebanon or the Beqaa.
- hotel_1_name_and_area
- InterContinental Phoenicia Beirut — Beirut waterfront
- hotel_1_status_note
- Directly confirm operation, airport transfer, and cancellation terms in view of regional disruption.
- hotel_2_name_and_area
- EddéSands Hotel & Wellness Resort — Byblos coast
- hotel_2_status_note
- Confirm current rooms, seasonal facilities, and coastal access directly;
- hotel_3_name_and_area
- Le Cedrus Hotel — Cedars / Bsharri
- hotel_3_status_note
- Confirm mountain road conditions, seasonal operation, and current travel advice.
- hotel_4_name_and_area
- Mir Amin Palace Hotel — Beiteddine, Chouf
- hotel_4_status_note
- Check current Chouf route restrictions and operation before booking.
- hotel_5_name_and_area
- Albergo Hotel — Achrafieh, Beirut
- hotel_5_status_note
- Confirm operation and transfer routes against current area-specific travel advice.
