Eco Tourism in the Middle East: Syria

Now that we’ve toured Lebanon, Jordan, and even Iran, let’s make an online eco-visit to Syria. Since Syria has not yet experienced a wave of mass tourism, its sites are still well preserved and relatively undisturbed. That, combined with the fact that Syria has a wide variety of landscapes ranging from forests to beaches to mountains, makes Syria a perfect spot for eco-tourism.

Like other Arab countries in the region, eco-tourism in Syria mainly consists of environmentally friendly tour operators offering a range of wildlife-focused trips.

Here are some of Syria’s top green tourism companies:

Ecotourism Syria: This tour company, which also keeps a great blog (not updated since 2010), is devoted to supporting biodiversity conservation while practicing responsible tourism. The company’s tours focus on Syria’s many protected areas, observation of unique biodiversity, and birdwatching.

TLB Destinations: TLB Destinations leads eco-tours all over the Middle East and offers a variety of sustainable tourism options in Syria. Their different themes include adventures, biking, cultural tours, discovery, and family trips. We think the biking tour of Syria’s coast sounds pretty beautiful. As of 2025 this site is still running.

In other Syrian eco-tourism news, Lebanese environmental consulting company Envirotech Ltd. is working on developing sustainable tourism in Syria’s Palmyra region so that the damages to local flora and fauna are not worsened by visitors (site is down in 2025).

As of 2025: there is ecotourism potential in Syria, and some people and organizations promote it — though the reality is complicated, especially because of ongoing conflict and instability.

Read more about the Middle East region here:: Man in the Landscape and The Qu’ran on the Environment

Karen Chernick
Karen Chernickhttps://www.greenprophet.com/
Much to the disappointment of her Moroccan grandmother, Karen became a vegetarian at the age of seven because of a heartfelt respect for other forms of life. She also began her journey to understand her surroundings and her impact on the environment. She even starting an elementary school Ecology Club and an environmental newsletter in the 3rd grade. (The proceeds of the newsletter went to non-profit environmental organizations, of course.) She now studies in New York. Karen can be reached at karen (at) greenprophet (dot) com.

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7 COMMENTS
  1. AL-NAJWA
    Travel & tourism

    Has always respond to the sophististicated needs of public tourism , by providing full services including 5 countries Syria , Lebanon , Jordan , Turkey and Egypt

    Our services :
    Meet and assist travelers.
    Hotels reservation .
    Historical tours.
    Businessmen tours .
    Educational tours .
    Incentive tours .
    Honeymooners tours.
    Religious tours .
    Desert caravanas .
    Steam trains tours .
    Incoming and outgoing groups – individuals
    Airlines services ticketing charters arrangement .
    Transportation,s – rent a car with & without driver and conferences and congress .
    Fluent speaking guides – English , French , Spanish , Italian , German and Russian .

  2. THE BEST ROMAN EMPIRE SITES CAN BE FOUND IN THE MIDDLE EAST,ITS THE BEST WAY TO PROMOTE PEACEFUL RELATIONS BETWEEN SYRIA AND THE U.S. INCLUDING IRAN AND ISRAEL…BESIDES TOURISM WILL EASE THE ANIMOSITY BETWEEN THE WEST AND MUSLIM NATIONS..

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