PASSPORT & CUSTOMS
answers to common questions regarding visa, passport and customs
PASSPORT / VISA
All foreigners must have a valid passport and visa to enter Lebanon.
Passports must be valid for at least six months. Visas can be obtained
in advance at Lebanese embassies and consulates around the world. Nationals
of many countries can also obtain business or tourist visas upon arrival
at the Beirut Airport and at other ports of entry on the Lebanese border.
WARNING:
Travelers holding passports that contain visas or entry/exit stamps
for Israel are refused entry into Lebanon.
CUSTOMS
The Duty Free allowance for entry into Lebanon is two bottles of alcohol
and 500g of tobacco (400 cigarettes or 20 cigars). No duty is payable
on personal possessions, and there are no restrictions on bringing
foreign or local currency into or out of the country.
GETTING THERE
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By Air:
The national airline is Middle East Airlines
( www.mea.com.lb)
To/from
the airport, a bus service operates to the city center. Taxis are also
available. The airport has a all the facilities that any traveler requires
and more; a tourist information desk, duty-free shops, post office, restaurants,
bars,
hotel
reservations,
bank/bureau de change, car hire and a VIP lounge.
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By Water:
The main ports are Beirut, Jounieh, Tripoli,
Sidon and Tyre.
Several
steamship lines connect Beirut, Jounieh and Tripoli with the rest of the
world. Many cruise lines operate to Lebanon and the sea connection between
the Cypriot port of Larnaca and Jounieh in Lebanon is frequent.
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By Rail:
There are no passenger services operating at
present.
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By Road:
The best international routes are via Turkey
and Aleppo–Homs
and Lattakia in the Syrian Arab Republic along the north–south coastal
road, and also the Beirut–Damascus trunk road. Bus services are available
from Europe. For details, contact the Ministry of Tourism or the Lebanese
embassy near you.
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