Libya is expecting a tourist bonanza for the March 29 solar eclipse. Aljazeer.net, rpeorts that the country is preparing to welcome thousands of Western tourists in improvised desert camps.Tourism official Shaban al-Taeb told AFP, that Libya is to dedicate its air and sea ports to the arrival of eclipse lovers from 47 countries, including Americans, Britons and French, but excluding Israelis, tourism official Shaban al-Taeb told AFP.
Experts from Nasa are also expected, with special procedures implemented to allow the solar observers to get scientific equipment into the country that was for decades off-limits to most sightseeing outsiders.
