Israel Promotes a Different Sun and Sand as Tourism Soars
Israel has already been credited with making the desert bloom. Now it hopes to make it boom — with tourists.
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Shalom: U.S. Visitors Show the Way as Israel Books Record Tourist Numbers in 2017
Despite endless reports of violence in other parts of the troubled Middle East, a record 3.7 million foreign tourists descended on Israel during 2017 with U.S. visitors showing the way.
Christmas Cheer in Bethlehem as Tourist Numbers Continue to Grow
Preparations for Christmas are in full swing at the site of Jesus’s birthplace, with Bethlehem shops, hotels and church officials bracing for more visitors than 2015, when violence put a damper on celebrations.
Survey: LGBT Visitors to Israel Remain Longer, Spend More Money Than Other Tourists
A new survey found that gay tourists to Israel remain longer and spend 40 percent more money than other tourists, the Hebrew news site nrg reported on Tuesday.
WATCH: Kathie Lee Gifford Visits Sea of Galilee in Israel Where Jesus Walked on Water
Today reports: Israel has been an important part of Kathie Lee Gifford’s life since she became a Christian at age 12, and over the past 45 years, she’s visited the Holy Land to study the scriptures and strengthen her faith. During
Violence In Israel Puts A Damper On Easter Tourism Season
USA Today reports: JERUSALEM — Nearly six months of non-stop Palestinian attacks are dampening prospects for an Easter tourism season that normally provides this historic region a big economic boost. Israel’s $10-billion-a-year tourism industry never fully recovered from the war with Hamas in the summer
Japanese Tourist Wounded In Stone-Throwing Attack Outside Jerusalem Church
The Jerusalem Post reports: A 69-year-old tourist from Japan was lightly wounded on Monday by stone-throwers who pelted a group of visitors from a roof near Saint Anne’s Church in Jerusalem, police said. Paramedics transferred the wounded woman with light
Israel Recruits Drag Queen to Promote Tel Aviv at World’s Largest Tourism Fair
TEL AVIV – An Israeli drag queen will promote Tel Aviv at the world’s largest tourism fair in Berlin next week, Ynet news reported. The Tel Aviv Municipality and Israel’s Ministry of Tourism selected Arie Oshri to front a campaign to bring LGBT tourism
Oscar Nominees Face BDS Pressure to Decline Israel Swag Bag Trip
TEL AVIV – Oscar-nominated celebrities were pressured by anti-Israel extremists on Wednesday to forego a $55,000 trip to the Jewish state offered by Israel’s Foreign Ministry as part of the awards swag bag. The Los Angeles Times published a full-page ad sponsored by
Israel Bolsters its Image via Oscars ‘Swag Bag’
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Top Academy Award nominees will have a special gift in their swag bag this year – a luxury trip to Israel paid for in part by a government that hopes such celebrity junkets will balance coverage of the country’s
