Lebanese tourism groups plead with the government to retract indoor smoking ban


Skift Take

One would assume a smoking ban is the least influential factor causing a recent drop in tourism -- the constant threat of regional warfare boiling over may be a bigger influence -- but hotel and restaurants owners want officials to know that it's definitely not helping either.

Lebanon’s tourism associations renewed a demand for amending the smoking ban, warning that the sector incurred heavy losses since the law became effective last month. Paul Ariss, head of the Rest