This Lebanese Sustainable Tourism Forum, organized by Beyond Beirut, is the first of its kind to promote dialogue and linkages among local tourism stakeholders, involving entrepreneurs and municipalities in rural areas and between local and national tourism stakeholders, trying to expand sustainable tourism across the value chain to all regions of Lebanon.<\/p>\n
Why this forum?
-To assert sustainability as essential in the tourism development equation.
-To reveal hidden tourism potentials in rural Lebanon.
-To create awareness, among local tourism stakeholders, on the importance of raising the standards of the services they offer.
– To provide professional help on how to present these services to position themselves on the map of tour operators
– To initiate the development of innovative tourism packages involving new areas.
– To expose rural areas and tour operators to current international tourism trends.<\/p>\n
Why should you attend?<\/p>\n
If you are a municipality representative, a member of a local development committee or a local community tourism provider:<\/p>\n
– To establish fruitful contacts with national tourism providers.
– To be exposed to the requirements of national tourism providers and the constraints they face to better address them.
– To position your services and your region within the value chain.
-To get inspired for new products and new services.
-To channel this inspiration towards internationally recognized tourism trends.<\/p>\n
If you are a national tourism provider:<\/p>\n
– To be exposed to new rural potentials and services.
– To pave your way to your active participation in the economic development of rural areas and thus bring a value added to your operation in the form of CSR.
– To get confirmation that your growth strategy is aligned with international trends.<\/p>\n
If you are an NGO working on rural tourism development:<\/p>\n
– To be exposed to international tourism trends.
– To get exposed to active communities and potential beneficiaries.
– To get exposed to the requirements of national tourism providers and the constraints they face to better address them in your work with your beneficiaries.<\/p>\n
The forum speakers
– Officials from Ministry of Tourism, Lebanon.
– Heads of tourism associations.
– Tourism experts from LBLI and Beyond Beirut.
– Experts in tour operations in Lebanon.
– USAID economists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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