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‘Walk to Protect’ Lebanon Mountain Trail
29-3-2019
President Michel Aoun launched yesterday from the Presidential Palace the Lebanon Mountain Trail ‘Walk to Protect’ Campaign. The latter is aimed to preserve the 470 km path connecting the country’s North and South traversing some 75 villages and towns and attracting thousands of visitors every year, from locals and Lebanese expats. President Aoun expressed his confidence that, “during their trek, the Lebanese will definitely love and appreciate their country more, which deepens their attachment to it.” Villages that suffer inattention will hence safeguard their people’s connection and rootedness to their land, he maintained. Similarly, LMT head, Maya Karkur, outlined the achievements made by the association during 11 years of its work. These include: the construction, maintenance and placing road signs to guide hikers on the 470 km mountain track; encouraging local inhabitants to set up guesthouses (around 60 of them); the training of 60 local guides; provision of hundreds of jobs for towns residents and generation of direct revenues for villages through which the trail passes. (Al Diyar, March 29, 2019)
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