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Comparing to last year’s January, tourism to Israel raised by 11%

Posted by On February 07, 2019 0 Comment

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The number of tourists who entered Israel in January of this year represented an 11% increase in relation to January 2018, and a 35% increase from January 2017, according to a press release from the Israeli tourism ministry.

A record 4 million tourists visited Israel last year.

In December, London-based company Euromoniter International reported that Jerusalem is the world’s fastest-growing tourism destination.

“The rise in the number of tourists over several years is proof of the quality of the Israeli tourism industry,” said Tourism Minister Yariv Levin in a statement. “I hope and believe that 2019 will continue this unprecedented momentum in tourism, that we have created in the past several years.”

The majority of tourists to Israel are Christians [61%] followed by Jews [22%]. Most hail from the US, France, and Russia.

source: Travel Wire News