Kubweranso kwamakampani azokopa alendo ku Lebanon kunatsimikiziridwa ndi unduna wa zokopa alendo sabata ino, womwe unanena kuti alendo miliyoni miliyoni afika mwezi wa Julayi.
Mwa anthu 1,007,352 omwe afika alendo, ambiri akuphatikizapo 325,000 ochokera ku Lebanon omwe amachokera kunja komanso pafupifupi Asuri ambiri.
Chiŵerengerocho chinaphatikizaponso chiŵerengero chochepa koma chimene chikukula mofulumira cha anthu a ku Ulaya, amene anafika pafupifupi 79,000 mu July kuchokera ku Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands ndi United Kingdom.
Undunawu uli ndi chidwi cholandira alendo mamiliyoni awiri pofika kumapeto kwa 2009, omwe ndi ofanana ndi theka la anthu mdziko muno.
"Ndi zazikulu - sitinaziwonepo izi," mkulu wa unduna Nada Sardouk adauza atolankhani a AFP.
Anthu aku Saudi Arabia komanso alendo ochokera kumayiko ena achiarabu nawonso ali pachiwopsezo. Kusungitsa mwezi wopatulika wa Ramadan, womwe umayamba pa Ogasiti 22, ndi "kwamphamvu kwambiri," anawonjezera Sardouk.
Dzikoli lidachita bwino kwambiri m'zaka za m'ma 60 ndi koyambirira kwa Seventies pomwe lidafotokozedwa ngati yankho la Middle East ku Med - makalabu am'mphepete mwa nyanja, malo ochitira masewera ausiku komanso malo owoneka bwino.
Kuyamba kwa Nkhondo Yapachiweniweni ku Lebanon mu 1975 kunathetsa ntchito zokopa alendo. Koma tsopano dzikoli likudzimanganso pang'onopang'ono pambuyo pa zaka zambiri za chipwirikiti, ndipo ndi chiwerengero chowonjezeka cha alendo akunja.
Zowonongeka zambiri zomwe zidachitika mu 2006 pakati pa zigawenga za Israel ndi Hezbollah zidabwezeretsedwa ndipo zidakhazikika kumwera kwa Beirut ndi kum'mwera kwa Lebanon, madera omwe alendo akunja amapewa.
Madera akuluakulu a mzinda wa mbiri yakale wa Beirut, womwe unawonongeka kwambiri pa nthawi ya nkhondo yapachiweniweni ya 1975-1990, akonzedwa ndi maunyolo ambiri apadziko lonse akuyenda. Hilton ndi Four Seasons akukonzekera kutsegula mahotela atsopano posachedwa. Malowa alinso ndi mahotela apamwamba kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, kuphatikiza Le Royal Beirut, yemwe adapambana "Lebanon's Leading Hotel" ndi "Lebanon's Leading Resort" pa Mphotho ya World Travel Awards ya 2009.
Komabe dzikoli likadali losokonezedwa ndi mavuto omwe amabwera apo ndi apo. Masiku ano anthu atatu, kuphatikizapo mwana, avulala bomba litaphulika kumpoto kwa Lebanon, mzinda wa doko la Tripoli.
M'zaka zaposachedwa mzinda wa Tripoli wakhudzidwa ndi ziwawa zakupha pakati pa magulu achipembedzo a Sunni ndi Alawite mumzindawu komanso kuphulitsa kwaposachedwa, makamaka kwa gulu lankhondo la Lebanon.
