Editing Byblos (section)

== Tourism ==
[[File:Byblos beach.jpg|thumb|Byblos public beach]]
[[File:ByblosSite1.jpg|thumb|The King's Spring]]

Byblos is re-emerging as an upscale touristic hub.<ref name="Beehner">{{cite news |url=http://travel.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/travel/03next.html |work=The New York Times |title=Byblos, Lebanon's Ancient Port, Is Reborn |first=Lionel |last=Beehner |date=2010-01-03 |access-date=2010-04-27}}</ref> With its ancient [[Byblos Port|port]], [[Phoenicia]]n, Roman, and Crusader ruins, sandy beaches and the picturesque mountains that surround it make it an ideal tourist destination. The city is known for its fish restaurants, open-air bars, and outdoor cafes. Yachts cruise into its harbor today as they did in the 1960s and 1970s when [[Marlon Brando]] and [[Frank Sinatra]] were regular visitors to the city.<ref name="Beehner"/> Byblos was crowned as the "Arab Tour Capital" for the year 2016 by the Lebanese minister of tourism in the [[Grand Serail of Beirut|Grand Serail]] in [[Beirut]]. Byblos was chosen by [[Condé Nast Traveler]] as the second best city in the [[Middle East]] for 2012, beating [[Tel Aviv]] and [[Dubai]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cntraveler.com/readers-choice-awards/africa-middle-east/top-5-cities-middle-east#/slide=2 |title=Middle East: Top 5 Cities: Readers' Choice Awards : Condé Nast Traveler |publisher=Cntraveler.com |date=2012-10-16 |access-date=2013-03-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515000107/http://www.cntraveler.com/readers-choice-awards/africa-middle-east/top-5-cities-middle-east |archive-date=2013-05-15}}</ref> and by the [[World Tourism Organization]] as the best Arab tourist city for 2013.<ref>{{cite web |title=Byblos crowned best Arab tourist city |url=http://www.nna-leb.gov.lb/en/show-news/7801/Byblos-crowned-best-Arab-tourist-city |access-date=20 June 2013}}</ref>