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Lebanon, with a population of about 4.1 million and area of 10,452 km2 (4,014 mi2), stretches about 210 km along the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Syria to the north and east and Palestine and Israel to the south (Figure 1). Its competitive and free-market economy of about US$42 billion GDP in 2012 has historically relied on tourism, which remains a major source of growth and employment. Tourism contributed US$11.19 billion to the GDP in 2012, accounting for 25.1 % of Lebanon’s GDP (WTTC 2012). The industry directly and indirectly supports 322,500 jobs, or 24 % of total employment (WTTC 2012).

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  1. School of Business, Lebanese American University, West Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

    Guy Assaker

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  1. School of Hospitality Leadership, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, Wisconsin, USA

    Jafar Jafari

  2. School of Hotel and Tourism Management, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

    Honggen Xiao

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Assaker, G. (2014). Lebanon, tourism. In: Jafari, J., Xiao, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Tourism. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01669-6_376-1

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