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Official data reported that Israeli tourism has declined since the start of the war on Gaza Until the end of last year, last December recorded the worst performance for the sector during 2023.
The Israeli Ministry of Tourism announced on Thursday an increase in the number of tourists who visited Israel During 2023 compared to 2022, but the sector witnessed a decline last October following the outbreak of the war on Gaza, while this decline continued throughout the remainder of the year.
3 million tourists visited Israel in 2023, up from 2.7 million in 2022.
The tourism industry was recovering from the collapse caused by the “Covid-19” pandemic until last October, but the number of foreign tourists witnessed a rapid decline after the… Al-Aqsa flood launched by Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades The military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (agitation).
Last December recorded the worst performance during the year 2023, as the number of tourists reached only 52,800, while Israel was receiving more than 300,000 tourists per month for several months earlier in the year.
The report was forThe Israeli Bureau of Statistics has reported that Tourism traffic in Israel declined by 76% last October due to the outbreak of war in the Gaza Strip and the cancellation of the majority of flights to and from Tel Aviv.
89.7 thousand tourists visited Israel last October, most of whom entered the country before the “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation.
Foreign tourism to Israel exceeded 370,000 in the corresponding period of 2022, which shows the extent of the damage to that sector after the start of the war on Gaza.
