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Election issue: Ehden - Winter Resort

The world travel press has reported in recent days a snowman contest, at the Cedars and a open air swimwear and lingerie fashion show at Faraya. Such events capture the media's attention and consequentially potential visitor's attention, whether immediate or for future recall.

When it comes to Ehden, like certain Eurovision song contestant countries, it's "nul points," with no Ehden winter events. Winter for Ehden in the past four years has been a like a media blackout.

There has not been a Winter Ehdeniyat, since the winter months of 2004/2005, which was last organised by the Al Midan Society. The trend now seems to be for more short specific events, organised by the three most active secular charitable organisations in Zgharta Zawie, to be held at Christmas, with their own imprint. The Zgharta Ehden Municipal Council has unfortunately not stepped into their snowshoes to organise a much broader and longer winter event.

Since we started, News Digest, in 2004, and by the way 1862 articles and counting, we have reported on, commented on, and speculated on the spectre of a winter resort for Ehden, independent of what is on offer at Ehden's Al Midan. We have heard over the years many possible reasons, on and off the record - politics, environmental issues, finance, why such a resort has not even started.

Our Galleria contains many wonderful photographs of Ehden in winter, which rival those of other winter towns and villages in Lebanon. With the General Election almost upon us lets hope such an local issue will be on all candidate's manifestos.

Let us hear from you with other local issues you would like to be included in the local debate. See readers comments below.

Submitted by: zgharta.com team
Added: Tue Mar 10 2009
Last Modified: Wed Mar 11 2009

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