Nearly 40 years ago, RIDA began with a single product and a single employee, doing transportation, tourism and services in a single market. Established in 1966 in Lebanon as a travel agency for inbound, outbound, ticketing and transportation company, RIDA International became in 1979 an IATA agency and was only dealing with outbound tourism. In 1990, due to the stabilization of the situation in Lebanon, Rida International reopened the inbound department. The rapid expansion of the business has led to the creation of: RIDA International Travel and Tourism with its new offices for the inbound tourism as well as worldwide outbound tourism department and another company devoted for tourism transport called:
