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31 Dec, 2015

European tourists staying away from Israel in droves | The Electronic Intifada

A deeper look at the official statistics reveals that Israel is actually experiencing a dramatic and sustained decline in tourism from European countries, its most important markets, that cannot be attributed just to recent events. In the 11 months from January to November 2013, 2.1 million European tourists visited Israel – accounting for about three quarters of all foreign visitors.

‘During the same period in 2014 – which included the attack on Gaza – 1.9 million Europeans came, or 9 percent fewer. Yet far from recovering this year, the number of European visitors to Israel in the first 11 months of 2015 has dropped by another 8 percent.

Source: European tourists staying away from Israel in droves | The Electronic Intifada