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“59% of the tourists who visited Israel in 2017 came for the first time”

GLOBES Record 3.6m tourists visit Israel in 2017 Michal Raz-Chaimovich December 27, 2017 An all-time record 3.6 million tourists visited Israel in 2017, 25% more than in 2016. The Ministry of Tourism believes that incoming tourism contributed NIS 20 billion … Continue reading

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Israel sees sharp rise in tourists from Arab states

YNET by Itamar Eichmer November 16, 2014 More than 250,000 Muslim and Arab visitors from countries which have no diplomatic relations with Israel have arrived in Jewish state since 2009. The warming relations between Israel and the moderate Muslim world … Continue reading

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Eye on Zion: New Testament tourism

JERUSALEM POST by Yishai Fleisher May 22, 2014 We Israelis seem to have a problem embracing our own biblical narrative; many Israelis feel alienated from the Bible stories. A few months ago, I was in Nashville for the massive Christian … Continue reading

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