Give Libya a chance
Despite my aim of promoting tourism in my country, if you have your flights booked to Tripoli in the near future, I would be the first to suggest that you perhaps contact your travel agent and ask for your money back! The city is pretty much under siege and many of our everyday tasks are becoming almost impossible let alone sightseeing or shopping for our well-known contemporary designer jewellery. Now would definitely not be the time to see Libya at its best.
I don’t want to get too much into politics on what is supposed to be a travel blog. There are plenty of blogs and forums where you can get involved in political debate and express your opinion on Gaddafi, positive or negative. What I would like to do is urge those of you who had planned trips to Tripoli or to see our world-famous Roman ruins not to reject the idea of taking your trip some time in the future, when the political situation has settled. This isn’t Iraq. The Libyan people will not allow this conflict to degenerate into a bitter insurgency and I fully expect that once the issue of who is to be charge of the country is settled, then things will return to normal very soon.
Despite the fighting and the NATO bombing raids, most of Tripoli’s infrastructure remains unaffected, particularly those areas frequented by tourists. If you had been planning to visit government buildings or military installations, then you might be disappointed to find many of them reduced to rubble – but they wouldn’t have been high on my list of recommended places to see anyway!
According to my friends along the coast, the Roman ruins remain completely unaffected by the political unrest. Both sides know how important these structures are, not just to Libya’s tourist industry, but also to scholars, and it seems that everyone is doing their best to make sure these marvellous remains are being preserved for future generations – and hopefully future tourists!
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