Beirut: At least 2,060 restaurants and 163 hotels were severely damaged by the August 4 Port of Beirut blasts, an official said on Monday.
Pierre Ashkar, president of the Syndicate of Hotels Owners in Lebanon, said that the cost of fixing the damages ranged between $100,000-$14 million per establishment, reports Xinhua news agency.
He also added that it was hard to assess the indirect losses caused by the full or partial closure of hotels.
Ashkar said that more than half of employees in the tourism sector have lost their jobs due to the explosions that killed at least 177 people and injured some 6,000 others.
Primary information reveals that ammonium nitrate stored since 2014 at the port’s warehouse No. 12 may have caused the explosions.
The incident has caused billions of dollars in losses on different levels, prompting foreign countries to send support for Beirut blasts damaged.
on August 4, 2020
Over 171 people have been killed and around 6000 wounded in two huge explosions that rocked Lebanese capital Beirut
The causes of the blasts remained unknown, but Lebanese Interior Minister Mohammad Fahmi said that the explosive chemicals stored at Port of Beirut may have caused the explosions.
On Monday, the Lebanese cabinet resigned following the resignation of several ministers.
The Lebanese cabinet referred the case to the judicial council based on a proposal by Caretaker Minister of Justice Marie-Claude Najm.
