A tourist group at Theatre at Sabratha [fr], 2006; one of the primary tourist sites in Libya.
Tourism in Libya is an industry heavily hit by the Libyan Civil War. Before the war tourism was developing, with 149,000 tourists visiting Libya in 2004, rising to 180,000 in 2007, although this still only contributed less than 1% of the country's GDP. There were 1,000,000 day visitors in the same year.[1][2] The country is best known for its ancient Greek and Roman ruins and Sahara desert landscapes.
Libya is not issuing tourist visas now.[when?][3] Libyan borders with Chad, Niger, Sudan and Algeria are closed.[4] In reality these borders are not controlled by the Government but by Tuareg people and Toubou people.[5]
As of 2017, governments of the United States,[6] New Zealand,[7] Australia,[8] Canada,[9] Ireland,[10] the United Kingdom,[11] Spain,[12] France,[13] Hungary,[14] Latvia,[15] Germany,[16] Austria,[17] Bulgaria,[18] Norway,[19] Croatia,[20] Romania,[21] Slovenia,[22] Czech Republic,[23] Russia,[24] Denmark,[25] Slovakia,[26] Estonia,[27] Italy,[28] Poland,[29] South Korea,[30] the Republic of China[31] Japan[32] and India advise their citizens against all (or in some cases all but essential) travel to Libya.
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