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Adonis Evasion in Lebanon is now the General Sales Agent (GSA) of Austrian Airlines. For your reservations : Adonis Evasion, Jbeil, Lebanon
Tel : +961 (9) 949599 / Fax : 00961 (9) 946351 / e-mail: nancy@adonistravel.com
Adonis Syria has recently inaugurated its new branch in Aleppo. The new office will insure direct services to groups and individuals passing by the city or using the Aleppo airport.
Adresse: Eskandaron Street. Tel : 00963 (21) 2248520 / 2248583
Like each year Mr. Ghassan IDRIS (Chairman of Adonis travel & tourism) was present at the TOP RESA (The Leading Tourism Fair for Professionals in France) 19/20/21 September in Deauville / France.
The Syrian Ministry of Culture has recently issued a decree that allows a reduction on entrance tickets to sites and museums in Syria. The new law grants to journalists, tourist guides, masters and students of plastic arts and students of architecture a free entry. Other educational and social institutions will also benefit from this exemption. The decree will be applicable at the beginning of 2003
The Syrian-Japanese archeological mission working in the south-east region announced the discovery of a new cemetery in Palmyra dating-back to 98 A.D. The graveyard includes a main hall that leads to four burial rooms built with limestone. The graveyard was covered with sands and debris since the fall of Palmyra at the end of the 3rd. century. The middle room contains three intact funeral bedsteads on which are engraved Palmyrean funeral rites. The delicate and expressive sculptures found in this cemetery indicate the high level of civilization that was reached in Palmyra in the 2nd. century A.D. Beside its artistic importance, the cemetery reveals new pages from the history of this thriving kingdom.
The Syrian geologist Fawaz al-Azkee announced the foundation of a new geological museum at the Syrian village of "Tasmeen". The site is located on a hill near Lattakia (260M. above the sea level) and is ideal place for scientific researches.
The Syrian-French archeological mission has just started its 25th session of excavations on the Neolithic site of Um-Tlila in the northern part of the Syrian desert. The mission's works will last until the end of September.
According to the director of Palmyra's Directorate of Antiquities, the results of the recent studies showed that the site is dating-back to 1,5 million of years! The mission has already found many artifacts & relics belonging to that and other periods. These are the relics of the Neanderthal who was living here as well as relics of animals and trees.
New Safir Heliopolitan Hotel will be inaugurated soon in Beirut, precisely in next December 2002 (144 rooms).
The "Syrian Airlines" company has recently concluded an agreement with "Air France" to develop and innovate its fleet of aircrafts and to seek consultancy, training, maintenance, as well as developing its administrative computerized systems. With this agreement "Syrian Air" aims to obtain the European JR145 Certificate.
According to the Ministry of Tourism, the number of Arab visitors to Syria has reached in the first half of 2002 1,872339 while it was 997848 in the same period of 2001 e.g. with an increase of 27,5%. The stats revealed also that the number of visitors who came from Western Europe reached 59752 while it was 42857 in the same period of last year e.g. with a decrease of 27,9%. Visitors from East Europe were 20348 with an increase of 18%. Visitors from the Americas reached 20189 while they were 21633 in the same period of last year.
The recent executive council meeting of the World Tourism Organization (WTO) was hailed a success at highlighting the economic role of tourism in the Middle East.
Jordan as its role as chairman of the executive council hosted the meeting in the ancient city of Petra at Sofitel Taybet Zaman Resort, from June 18 to 19. The increased number of the participating countries showed the success of this year meeting. One of the major issues raised at the meeting was the proposal to go ahead with adopting Arabic as an official language of the WTO. The meeting in itself was an important signal to give to the world that Jordan is a well established and emerging tourist destination.
The Syrian government has signed an agreement with the UK to allow for an increase in British Airways flights toward Syria. The agreement grants BA permission to operate six London / Damascus flights a week starting next year and to institute a daily service from 2004. BA currently operates five flights a week between London and Damascus, while Syrian Air operates three flights a week.