ILebhanon ifuna abakhenkethi beArab Gulf babuyele

E-BEIRUT, eLebhanon - UMphathiswa wezoKhenketho uya kuzama ukukhuthaza abakhenkethi base-Arab Gulf ukuba babuyele eLebhanon, uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho uMichel Pharaon uthe ngoLwesine.

"Ukususa ukuvalwa kokuhamba kuyinyathelo elibaluleke kakhulu ekuvuseleleni icandelo lezokhenketho," wagxininisa ngexesha lokuqaliswa kweseshoni ye-21 ye-Horeca 2014, i-horeca ye-premier hotel kunye nesiganeko sokutya.

UFaroon uthe unethemba lokubona bobabini ama-Arabhu kunye nabaphambukeli baseLebhanon bebuya njengabakhenkethi kwisizini ezayo yasehlotyeni.

Ukhenketho, ikakhulu ukubonelela iindwendwe ezivela kwiGulf, ziye zabethwa njengezilumkiso zokuhamba malunga nokuxhwilwa okunokwenzeka kunye nezinye izisongelo zokhuseleko zagcina abakhenkethi base-Arab kude ngo-2012. I-United Arab Emirates kunye ne-Kuwait yakhupha izilumkiso ezifanayo kwakhona kwi-2013.

UFaraon wafunga ukuba uza kuwenza ahluke eli candelo ngokukhuthaza ukhenketho lwezonyango, inkcubeko, inkolo nokhenketho lokutyibiliza ekhephini.

UPierre Ashkar, intloko ye-Hotel Owners Association, wathi iHoreca yayibanjwe ngexesha elihle kakhulu, kuba ukhenketho eLebhanon luxhomekeke kumashishini, imiboniso kunye neenkomfa.

Abaququzeleli beHoreca balindele inani elingazange libonwe ngaphambili leendwendwe, ezitsalwa yi-raft yokhuphiswano olutsha kunye nezinto ezikhangayo. Lo msitho uza kuba nemiboniso ephantse ibe yi-15,000 square metres yemiboniso yemveliso, kunye nenkqubo yezinto zokupheka, ushishino kunye nezinto ezintsha.