Beqaa enjoys an excellent tourist season during Fitr Eid

Tourist and hospitality facilities in the Beqaa enjoyed a good level of activity during the ‎Fitr Eid. Some 70% of their customers were Lebanese families and immigrants. ‎According to Riad Sleilati an official of Chtaura Park Hotel, which witnessed a high rate ‎of hotel occupancy, the Eid this year was excellent and bookings, unlike the ‎previous season, extended for an entire week rather than one or two days. ‎Tourism activities, Sleilati added, normally vary from dining at famous ‎eateries, swimming in recreational places, to attending cultural events which succeeded ‎in attracting scores of clientele to several hotels and guesthouses located in Chtaura, ‎Zahleh and Anjar. However, the most noted goings-on during this season were large ‎and festive wedding celebrations. In this respect, Sleilati noted, that wedding ‎reservations in the Chtaura Park Hotel have risen by 20% compared to last ‎year, particularly in terms of in the numbers and size. As for Zahleh, Norma Marjaba, ‎manager of Grand Crystal Qaderi hotel pointed to a 65% hotel occupancy this ‎year, while Anjar celebrated restaurants and rest houses boasted receiving more than ‎‎10 thousand visitors per week. (As Safir, 17 July 2015)‎