A young couple enjoy the sunset during a hike trip in Chahtoul village in Lebanon.

Gulf Today Report

Lebanon has high hopes that the blazing summer heat is going to bring some relief to the situation it faces.

 Residents walk near the Pheonician wall in Batroun village, north of Beirut, Lebanon.

Amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic situation that the region faces with great difficulty, the people also have to deal with an alarming financial crunch.

 Egyptian tourists take a selfie in front the Rawcheh Sea Rock as the sun sets over the Mediterranean Sea in Beirut.

The summer might just let tourists step-in and bring things back to normal, they hope.

 People sit at tables outside a restaurant in Batroun village, north of Beirut, Lebanon.

By working on making the cafetreias and beaches open to the public and easing the lockdown situation, Lebanon strives to bring things back to where it was shortly before the pandemic situation had come-in.

The domestic tourism is getting all the attention, as they take a calculative risk to solve the dual problematic situation.