The International Tourism Conference

On the 29th of last October, Mr. Michel Touma, Commissioner of Tourism and Summering, left for Washington to represent Lebanon at the international world tourism conference, which will be held for the first time in Washington, at the invitation of its government, at the beginning of November.

Worth mentioning is that Mr. Touma is the former president of the international tourism conference and is now a vice-president. He agreed to make the journey to attend the conference, despite his occupations and his troubles of health, in view of the importance of Lebanon's position in tourism — in a country like America, which feeds the world with tourists and is home to thousands of our emigrants. Mr. Touma will return to Beirut as soon as the conference ends, on November 8...