For the first time since 2012, Aleppo has welcomed tourists, Sputnik News informs.
A comprehensive tour was organized in one of the most ancient cities in the world by local tour agencies.
More than 300 schoolchildren, students and pensioners from different parts of Syria came to look at the Umayyad mosque, the Citadel and the amphitheater.
On the occasion travel agency owner Samer Al-Shayah noted:
"On the way to the old part of the city, food joints and souvenir shops have opened for business. Currently the applications for excursions are arriving via domestic tourism.”