Much potential in the Syrian tourism industry

Although relatively underdeveloped, tourism is already Syria's second-biggest foreign exchange earner. With infrastructural and personnel development it could be even more lucrative.

       
Palmyra: there are thousands of ancient monuments
and sites in Syria which boasts the oldest continually-
inhabited cities on earth

In spite of its plentiful natural resources, Syria is keenly aware of the need to develop new industries to counter long-term unemployment. Perhaps the most obvious example of this commitment is tourism, which, after oil, is already the second largest generator of foreign currency, accounting for inflows of about $1.5 billion in 1999, some 4% of GDP.

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