Reply #82: They had a growing tourist industry with plans for resorts [View All]

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http://www.arabianbusiness.com/kharafi-plans-130mn-libya-resort-project-86022.html

Now, with infrastructure destroyed and prior investors scared, not sure when the tourism industry will recover.

Tourism in Libya
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Tourism in Libya is an industry still in its infancy but one that is gradually growing. 149,000 tourists visited Libya in 2004, and this went up to 180,000 in 2007 (this contributed less than 1% of the country's GDP); there were 1,000,000 day visitors in the same year.<1><2> The country is best known for its ancient Greek and Roman ruins and Sahara desert landscapes. There are currently about 13,000 hotel rooms in Libya, a figure the government hopes to increase to 50,000.<3>
Libya can be visited as part of an organized tour, or on a transit visa, obtainable in either Cairo or Tunis.