Junieh port to place back Lebanon on global tourism map, creates jobs

The new minister of tourism, Ghazi Zuaiter, said that the touristic port of Junieh project promulgated some 10 years ago by the cabinet of ministers seeks to restore the country’s position on the global tourism map. Zuaiter was speaking on Tuesday during his laying of the foundation stone for what he described as a vital national initiative and dream port for all the Lebanese. The minister stressed the importance of the undertaking as a new window on the world. For his part, the president of the Federation of the Municipalities of Kesrwan-Ftuh and mayor of Junieh, Juan Hbeish, pointed out that the port of Junieh is intended to become a prominent location on the East Mediterranean Basin receiving thousands of passengers and tourists from inside and outside Lebanon. Similarly, the president of the Maronite Diaspora Institute, Neemat Efram, said the new port is expected to create nearly one thousand new jobs. (Al Diyar, December 21 and 22, 2016)