Comments on: Top Travel Destinations for 2009 http://www.mywestworld.com/places/international/top-travel-destinations-for-2009/ Share Your World with the World Tue, 25 May 2010 04:48:03 +0000 hourly 1 By: elias mhanna http://www.mywestworld.com/places/international/top-travel-destinations-for-2009/#comment-846 elias mhanna Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:44:02 +0000 http://travelblog.bcaa.com/?p=642#comment-846 While living such a critical situation( under israeli threats and hezbollah defense ) BEIRUT still as the best citie in the Middle East in the most civilised and open minded country (18 legitimate ranges ).So please, if with all these difficulties, Lebanon has been able to emerge from it and he is capable of reclaming his title as "Easter Switzerland" and his capital Beirut as "Paris of the Middle East" and the best is yet to come ! While living such a critical situation( under israeli threats and hezbollah defense ) BEIRUT still as the best citie in the Middle East in the most civilised and open minded country (18 legitimate ranges ).So please, if with all these difficulties, Lebanon has been able to emerge from it and he is capable of reclaming his title as “Easter Switzerland” and his capital Beirut as “Paris of the Middle East” and the best is yet to come !

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]]> By: Sam http://www.mywestworld.com/places/international/top-travel-destinations-for-2009/#comment-81 Sam Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:45:47 +0000 http://travelblog.bcaa.com/?p=642#comment-81 Well, if you look at crime statistics, a visitor has a less chance of experiencing violent crime in Beirut than in a majority of touristic destinations. And, by the way, the news reports at THAT time said it COULD end up being a serious event, fortunately it wasn't, and there have not been problems since. In fact, 2008 was their best year for tourism in several years with 2009 looking to be a record breaker. Listen, I dont want to start an argument on your travelblog (hardly a place for this type of discussion), but you seem to take a bit too hard of a line against one of the most fascinating and interesting cities in the Middle East and indeed the world. Why are you looking at the past? I do think its prudent for a traveler to keep abreast of the situation, but that would go for any place. I implore you to read traveler (many Non Lebanese) reviews on recent visits to Beirut, you will find that it is a much more desirable place to visit than you may think. Well, if you look at crime statistics, a visitor has a less chance of experiencing violent crime in Beirut than in a majority of touristic destinations. And, by the way, the news reports at THAT time said it COULD end up being a serious event, fortunately it wasn’t, and there have not been problems since. In fact, 2008 was their best year for tourism in several years with 2009 looking to be a record breaker. Listen, I dont want to start an argument on your travelblog (hardly a place for this type of discussion), but you seem to take a bit too hard of a line against one of the most fascinating and interesting cities in the Middle East and indeed the world. Why are you looking at the past? I do think its prudent for a traveler to keep abreast of the situation, but that would go for any place.

I implore you to read traveler (many Non Lebanese) reviews on recent visits to Beirut, you will find that it is a much more desirable place to visit than you may think.

]]> By: Kerry Banks http://www.mywestworld.com/places/international/top-travel-destinations-for-2009/#comment-82 Kerry Banks Wed, 04 Feb 2009 06:22:09 +0000 http://travelblog.bcaa.com/?p=642#comment-82 Really Sam? The "skirmish" in May 2008 was described in news reports as the "most serious episode of civil violence since the end of Lebanon's 15-year civil war iin 1990." Only a few months before that in January 2008 there were pitched gun battles in the streets that left seven people dead and dozens wounded. In December 2006 there was a flurry of vicious sectarian clashes and in July 2006 an all-out war with Israel. When you call Beirut "a safe place to visit" I think there is a lot wishful thinking involved. Really Sam? The “skirmish” in May 2008 was described in news reports as the “most serious episode of civil violence since the end of Lebanon’s 15-year civil war iin 1990.” Only a few months before that in January 2008 there were pitched gun battles in the streets that left seven people dead and dozens wounded. In December 2006 there was a flurry of vicious sectarian clashes and in July 2006 an all-out war with Israel. When you call Beirut “a safe place to visit” I think there is a lot wishful thinking involved.

]]> By: Sam http://www.mywestworld.com/places/international/top-travel-destinations-for-2009/#comment-84 Sam Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:46:33 +0000 http://travelblog.bcaa.com/?p=642#comment-84 Cmon Kerry, Beirut was attaked in the summer of 06'! While there have been some skirmishes (most recently last May) it is for the most part a safe place to visit (with a very low crime rate). It is exactly this "image" of bombed out buildings that most North Americans have of Beirut that needs to change, and hopefully the New York Times (also concierge.com, lonelyplanet.com) inclusion of Beirut as a top destination will help in that regard. Cmon Kerry, Beirut was attaked in the summer of 06′! While there have been some skirmishes (most recently last May) it is for the most part a safe place to visit (with a very low crime rate).
It is exactly this “image” of bombed out buildings that most North Americans have of Beirut that needs to change, and hopefully the New York Times (also concierge.com, lonelyplanet.com) inclusion of Beirut as a top destination will help in that regard.

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