On the Mediterranean's eastern end, this once gradually liberalizing Arab country and up-and-coming travel destination possesses some gems of ancient history, including Aleppo, Palmyra, and various landmarks of Phoenician, Roman, and Crusades history. But apart from the fact that except for capital Damascus much of it has been destoyed by a decade of brutal war, we also do not encourage travel to Syria because of its dictatorship's brutal oppression of its people and support of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. It is, however, our fervent hope is one day visitors can return to discover and explore its cultural and historic riches.
Syria travel/tourism sector expanding again
Though war, sanctions, and most recently the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic have dealt a blow to what was once a mainstay of the Syrian economy, as this article from the Catholic missionary society PIME shows; read it here.
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Wow, just read that Syria is starting to promote tourism again, to Damascus (with the partial reopening of its once impressive national museum), Aleppo, and Homs, hoping to attract 2 million visitors by the end of this year. Is it still too hard a sale to make?
More info here:
https://www.newsweek.com/syria-renowned-national-museum-reopens-gov...