Cosy cabins appear on Sanaa hotel roofs as war curtails tourism elsewhere
SANAA (Reuters) - Hotels in Sanaa are cashing in on demand for domestic tourism in war-torn Yemen by building small cabin rooms, known as tairamana, on their roofs offering relaxation and views of the ancient city. Around a dozen of these spaces now perch on the flat roof of the Pearl of Hadda hotel in Sanaa. The rooms are decked out with wall-to-wall soft seating, drapes and low tables for snacks. At night, they glow with neon lights. Men like Abdul Muttalib Hashem, 27, hang out together and put the world to rights while smoking tobacco pipes and chewing qat, a green leaf which acts as a mild...
Source: swissinfo.ch
