The minister of tourism, Avedis Guidanian, launched yesterday the new international promotional campaign, ‘Lebanon, Passion for Living’ following a competition organized by Rethinking Lebanon association to come up with a smart slogan to this effect. The first, second and third place winners were announced among the participating school and university students, as well as Lebanese expats. In an another news, the total value of Lebanese industrial exports in 2017 slightly marginally declined to USD 2.474 billion against USD 2.526 billion in 2016, according to a report by the Industrial Information Department, the ministry of industry. The value of imports of industrial machinery and equipment during the past year stood at USD 257.4 million compared to USD 235.5 million in the same period of 2016, with a 9.3% increase, the report said. (Al Diyar, Al Hayat, March 22, 2018)