Figures compiled by the Ministry of Tourism and the Lebanese General Security indicate that the number of incoming visitors to Lebanon totaled  2,683,184 in the first seven months of 2023, and consisted of 1,664,292  Lebanese expatriates and 1,018,892 Arab and foreign visitors. In comparison,  the number of incoming visitors to Lebanon totaled 2,077,663 in the first  seven months of 2022, who consisted of 1,268,419 Lebanese expatriates and  809,244 Arab and foreign visitors. As such, the number of incoming  Lebanese expatriates increased by 31.2% and the number of Arab and foreign  visitors grew by 26% in the first seven months of 2023 from the same period  of 2022. Lebanese expatriates accounted for 62% of the total number of incoming visitors in the first seven months of 2023, while Arab and foreign  visitors represented the balance of 38%. In comparison, Lebanese expatriates  accounted for 61% of visitors to the country and Arab and foreign tourists  represented 39% of the total in the first seven months of 2022.  In addition, the number of incoming Lebanese expatriates stood at 213,056  in January, 163,169 in February, 201,992 in March, 234,908 in April, 230,294 in May, 295,380 in June, and 325,493 in July 2023. In comparison, the number of incoming Lebanese expatriates was 126,381 in January, 126,777 in February, 163,629 in March, 170,437 in April, 185,398 in May, 206,635 in June, and 289,163 in July 2022. This constituted increases  of 68.6% in January, 28.7% in February, 23.4% in March, 37.8% in April, 24.2% in May, 42.9% in June, and 12.6% in July 2023 from  the corresponding months of 2022.  In parallel, the number of foreigners that include Arab visitors totaled 88,378 in January, 85,682 in February, 100,727 in March, 123,399  in April, 143,208 in May, 209,796 in June, and 267,702 in July 2023. In comparison, the number of foreigners that include Arab visitors  was 62,340 in January, 67,800 in February, 82,810 in March, 87,579 in April, 115,469 in May, 154,740 in June, and 238,506 in July  2022. This represented rises of 41.8% in January, 26.4% in February, 21.6% in March, 40.9% in April, 24% in May, 35.6% in June, and  12.2% in July 2023 from the corresponding months of 2022. (ICE BEIRUT)

Fonte notizia: Byblos Bank, Lebanon This Week, 11 - 16 September 2023