8th Lebanon Mountain Trail to promote eco-tourism

For the eighth consecutive year, the Lebanon mountain trail kicked off last Sunday starting from Marjeyoon in the south and moving towards the town of Andkit in Akkar, in the north. The trail will overlap with another opposite march by some 25 Lebanese and foreign environmental activists starting from Andkit to Marjeyoon. This year’s one-month walk falls under the banner, ‘Together we salute and revive the traditional cuisine of our ancestors’ and brings together about 170 trekkers from 12 nationalities. Participants are expected to traverse some 27 villages and towns and to appreciate the local food heritage and popular dishes, as well as the traditional customs of rural areas of Lebanon. The event is planned to include various activities that will introduce the trekkers to the countryside. 

(Al Mustaqbal, Al Diyar, April 4, 2016)