BEIRUT - Bangaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-1.5 abavakashi abavakashele eLebanon ezinyangeni eziyishumi zokuqala zika-10, noma ngamaphesenti angama-2009 ngaphezu kwesikhathi esifanayo sangaphambilini, kusho uMnyango wezokuVakasha ngoMgqibelo.

"Lesi sibalo sisho ukukhula ngamaphesenti angama-42.7 ngesikhathi esifanayo kusukela ngo-2008 kanye namaphesenti angama-84 kusukela ngo-2007," kusho isitatimende somnyango.

Irekhodi labavakashi eliyisigidi lafika ezweni elincane laseMedithera ngoJulayi kuphela, kusho umnyango.

Umnyango uthe iLebanon inethemba lokuthi ekupheleni kuka-2009 izobe isingethe izivakashi eziyizigidi ezimbili, okuyisibalo esicishe silingane nengxenye yabantu bezwe.

Izivakashi eziningi zingabafokazi baseLebanon kanye nezivakashi ezivela eGulf enothe ngowoyela, kodwa izwe elincane laseMedithera selithole ukuduma njengendawo yokuvakasha phakathi kwabaseYurophu.

I-Tourism eLebanon ithole isihluku eminyakeni yamuva nje ngemuva kochungechunge lokubulawa kwabantu okwaqala ngebhomu laseBeirut elabulala owayengundunankulu uRafiq Hariri ngoFebhuwari 2005.

Ngo-2006, amasosha ase-Israel kanye namaShiite aseLebanon i-Hezbollah alwa impi yasehlobo eyadala umonakalo omkhulu kwathi ngonyaka olandelayo amasosha alwa nama-Islamist agqugquzelwa yi-Al-Qaeda ekamu lababaleki lasePalestine.

Nokho, ezokuvakasha zasimama ngendlela emangalisayo ngo-2008 lapho kufika izivakashi eziyizigidi ezingu-1.3 ezweni elake labizwa ngokuthi “iSwitzerland yaseMpumalanga Ephakathi.”