Leading hotel proprietors of Beirut have appealed to their Government to open the Lebanese-Israeli border, it was reported here today in a cable to The Times of London from Beirut.
The explanation given for that request is that tourism in Lebanon has suffered great setbacks this year, due to the June war. The hotelmen reportedly expect that prospects for tourism next year will be even worse and they may face disaster unless the Israeli border is opened so that tourists may come to Beirut over that route.
A second reason given is political. Influx of tourists via Israel, it was pointed out in the Beirut dispatch, would obviate reliance on access to Lebanon through Syria.
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