Ukubuya komkhakha wezokuvakasha eLebanon kuqinisekiswe ngumnyango wezokuvakasha kuleli sonto, obike irekhodi lezivakashi eziyisigidi ngenyanga kaJulayi.
Kwabavakashi abarekhodiwe abayi-1,007,352, iningi labo lihlanganisa abantu baseLebanon abangaba ngu-325,000 kanye namaSiriya amaningi.
Lesi sibalo sihlanganisa nenani elincane kodwa elikhula ngokushesha labantu baseYurophu, nabacishe babe ngu-79,000 abafika ngoJulayi bevela eBelgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands nase-United Kingdom.
Umnyango usuzimisele ngokusingatha izivakashi eziyizigidi ezimbili ekupheleni kuka-2009, inani elicishe lilingane nengxenye yabantu bezwe.
"Kukhulu kakhulu - asikaze sikubone lokhu," kusho umqondisi womnyango uNada Sardouk etshela abezindaba i-AFP.
AmaSaudi Arabia kanye nezivakashi ezivela kwezinye izifundazwe zama-Arab nazo ziphezulu. Ukubhuka kwenyanga engcwele yeRamadan, eqala cishe ngo-Agasti 22, "kunamandla kakhulu," kusho uSardouk.
Izwe labhekana nokuchuma kwalo ngeminyaka Yama-Sixties nasekuqaleni Kwama-Seventies lapho lichazwa njengempendulo yeMpumalanga Ephakathi kuma-Med – ama-upmarket beach club, ama-nightclub ama-swanky kanye ne-glitzy promenades.
Ukuqala kweMpi Yombango yaseLebanon ngo-1975 kwaqeda nya ezokuvakasha zakuleli. Kodwa manje izwe lizakha kabusha kancane kancane ngemva kwamashumi eminyaka yezinxushunxushu, kanye nenani elikhulayo lezivakashi zakwamanye amazwe.
Umonakalo omkhulu owadaleka ngo-2006 phakathi kwamavukelambuso e-Israel kanye ne-Hezbollah usubuyiselwe futhi wagxila eningizimu ye-Beirut naseningizimu ye-Lebanon, izindawo izivakashi zakwamanye amazwe ezivame ukuzigwema.
Izindawo ezinkulu zedolobha elinomlando lase-Beirut, elalimala kakhulu phakathi neMpi Yombango yango-1975-1990, sezilungisiwe kwangena amaketanga amaningi emhlabeni jikelele. I-Hilton ne-Four Seasons izovula amahhotela amasha maduze. Indawo yokungcebeleka nayo iyikhaya lamahhotela asezingeni lomhlaba, okuhlanganisa i-Le Royal Beirut, eyawina “Ihhotela Elihamba Phambili laseLebanon” kanye “Nendawo Yokungcebeleka Ehamba Phambili yaseLebanon” kuma-World Travel Awards ka-2009.
Nokho-ke isizwe sisalokhu sikhungethwe ukuqubuka kwezinkinga ngezikhathi ezithile. Namuhla kulimale abantu abathathu, okuhlanganisa nengane ngesikhathi kuqhuma ibhomu enyakatho yeLebanon, okuyidolobha eliyitheku laseTripoli.
Eminyakeni yakamuva i-Tripoli ihlaselwe udlame olubulalayo lwamahlelo phakathi kwemiphakathi yedolobha lamaSunni kanye ne-Alawite kanye nokuqhuma kwamabhomu okungavamile, okubhekiswe kakhulu ebuthweni laseLebanon.
