Archive for the ‘Syria’ Category
4 million Tourists to Syria during First 8 Months of 2009
The Syrian Ministry of Tourism on Saturday announced that the number of the tourists visiting the country has reached 4,003,692 including Arabs, foreigners and expatriates during the first eight months of the year in comparison to 3,715,633 last year.
September 14, 2009
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Syria is opening to tourism
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis | July, 2009
DAMASCUS – Iranian pilgrims pray beside Arabs at the 8th-century Umayyad Mosque, one of Islam’s grandest sites. Down a nearby alley, European tourists watch restoration work at an Ottoman-era palace being converted into a hotel.
July 27, 2009
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Tourism Relations between Syria and South America
Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Fayssal Mikdad discussed Thursday with Head of the Arab-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce Salim Shahin cooperation relations between Syria and Brazil and the role of Syrian expatriates in further developing them.
July 24, 2009
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1 million drought victims in Syria prompt $20 million UN appeal
Oct 07, 2008
The United Nations last week launched an appeal for $20 million to help up to 1 millions Syrians, predominantly herders and subsistence farmers, hit by the country's worst drought in four decades.
October 7, 2008
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Syrian-Tunisian tourism workshop
By H. Sabbagh, Mazen/etn
Syria and Tunisia join hands to organize a tourism conference in Damascus.
DAMASCUS, Syria (SANA) – The Syrian-Tunisian tourism workshop kicked off on Sunday, organized by the Syrian Ministry of Tourism, Syrian Tourism Chambers Syndicate, Syrian Airlines and Tunisian Airlines.
June 12, 2007
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Chinese tourists allowed to visit Syria
The Chinese government awarded Syria approved destination status for Chinese tour groups on Tuesday.
December 20, 2006
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Syrian side of things
By Hazel Heyer l Special to eTN
During the first day of the incursion, waves of evacuees mostly Gulf nationals and scores of Lebanese (citizens and dual passport-holders US/EU citizens) fled to Syria. A great number of Gulf Arabs came on transit for a day or two before returning home. Former CIS citizens also poured in. [...]
July 24, 2006
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Syria opens borders to tourists fleeing Lebanon
DAMASCUS (Reuters) – Tourists poured into Syria from Lebanon on Thursday, fleeing Israeli bombing and a sea and air blockade that turned crowded Syrian border crossings into Lebanon’s only outlet to the world. “I thought stability was in the air and this year was a good time to visit Lebanon, but Israeli aggression proved me [...]
July 14, 2006
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Syria making news again
By Hazel Heyer l Special to eTN
Syria Tourism Minister Saad Abdallah Al Qala
Syria tops the headlines once more following news about Israeli soldier Cpl. Gilad Shalit's disappearance. Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert holds Syria responsible for Shalit’s abduction, ordering the army to push forward to strike Palestine Hamas militants at his behest. Last week, warplanes [...]
July 5, 2006
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Syria celebrates tourism rise
The number of tourists visiting Syria rose by 12 percent in 2005, the government has said, in a year in which Damascus faced an international outcry after the killing of a Lebanese statesman. Saadallah Agha al-Qalaa, Syria’s tourism minister, said on Monday: “We can say with confidence that 2005 was a good year on two [...]
December 28, 2005
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