Ukubuya kweshishini lokhenketho laseLebhanon kuqinisekiswe ngabaphathiswa balo bezokhenketho kule veki, abathe banika ingxelo yesigidi seendwendwe kwinyanga kaJulayi.
Kwi-1,007,352 ebhalisiweyo yokufika kwabakhenkethi, uninzi lwabo lubandakanya i-325,000 yabaphambukeli baseLebanon kunye namaSyria amaninzi.
Eli nani likwaquka inani elincinci kodwa elikhula ngokukhawuleza labantu baseYurophu, phantse abangama-79,000 abafikayo ngoJulayi bevela eBelgium, eFrance, eJamani, e-Itali, eNetherlands nase-United Kingdom.
Abaphathiswa bazimisele ukubamba abakhenkethi abazizigidi ezibini ngasekupheleni kuka-2009, inani elilingana nesiqingatha sabemi beli.
"Inkulu kakhulu - asikaze siyibone le nto ngaphambili," utshilo umphathi wenkonzo uNada Sardouk kwi-arhente yeendaba ye-AFP.
I-Saudi Arabia kunye nabakhenkethi abavela kwamanye amazwe ase-Arabhu nabo banyukile. Ukubhukisha inyanga engcwele yeRamadan, eqala nge-22 ka-Agasti, "yomelele kakhulu," wongeze watsho uSardouk.
Ilizwe lafumana usuku lwalo lokuphakama kwiminyaka yamashumi amathandathu kunye nasekuqaleni kwamashumi asixhenxe xa lalichazwa njengempendulo yoMbindi Mpuma kwiiklabhu zaseMed-upmarket zaselunxwemeni, iiklabhu zasebusuku eziswanky kunye nemiboniso emnandi.
Ukuqala kweMfazwe yamakhaya yaseLebhanon ngo-1975 kubeka konke kodwa kwaphela ukuphela kwezokhenketho lwelizwe. Kodwa ngoku ilizwe liyazakha kancinci kancinci emva kwamashumi eminyaka yesiphithiphithi, kunye nenani elikhulayo labakhenkethi bamanye amazwe.
Ubuninzi bomonakalo obangelwe ngo-2006 phakathi kuka-Israel kunye ne-Hezbollah guerrillas ubuyisiwe kwaye wagxila kumazantsi eBeirut nakumazantsi eLebhanon, iindawo apho abakhenkethi bamanye amazwe bathintela khona.
Imimandla emikhulu yombindi wedolophu yaseBeirut, eyonakaliswe kakhulu ngexesha leMfazwe yamakhaya yowe-1975-1990, iye yalungiswa namatyathanga amaninzi ezizwe ngezizwe angena ngaphakathi. I-Hilton kunye neFour Seasons zimiselwe ukuvula iihotele ezintsha kungekudala. Indawo ekuchithelwa kuyo iiholide ikwalikhaya leehotele ezikumgangatho wehlabathi, kubandakanywa iLe Royal Beirut, eyaphumelela “iHotele eNkokela iLebanon” kunye “neLebanon’s Leading Resort” kumaBhaso okuHamba eHlabathini ngo-2009.
Nangona kunjalo ilizwe lisahleli lonakalisiwe kukuqhambuka kwengxaki. Namhlanje abantu abathathu, kubandakanya nomntwana, bonzakele xa kuqhushumbe ibhombu kumantla eLebhanon, isixeko esikwizibuko laseTripoli.
Kwiminyaka yakutshanje iTripoli ibethwe bubundlobongela obuqokeleleneyo phakathi kwamaSunni kunye noluntu lwaseAlawite kunye nokuqhushumba okwenzeka qho, ikakhulu kujolise kumkhosi waseLebhanon.
