Embassy Highlights

Tourism in Lebanon Goes High Tech with Hand-Held GPS Guides

July 25, 2007
Volunteer expert shows hotel manager how to use PDA guide...
Soon visitors to Lebanon will be able to use hand-held GPS devices to find tourist sites and neighboring businesses throughout the country. These PDA Guides have 11,000 destinations programmed into them, complete with maps, route plans, estimated times to arrival and information on businesses in the area. Seventy of them will be distributed to hotels and other tourist organizations to loan, free of charge, to tourists visiting Lebanon.
Tourism and information technology have the potential to generate more jobs and income in rural areas. USAID has provided $1.8 million to help increase ICT firms’ exports, provide rural businesses with internet access and strengthen rural tourism using technology. The International Executive Service Corps carries out the program. For the most up-to-date information on U.S. assistance to Lebanon, please read the Lebanon Situation Reports available at http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/humanitarian_assistance/disaster_assistance/

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