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Number of tourists in Israel jump over sevenfold in Jan.-Aug.

JERUSALEM
2022-09-09 04:56

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JERUSALEM, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- The number of tourists visiting Israel in the first eight months of 2022 reached nearly 1.5 million, recording a more than sevenfold increase compared to the same period last year, when 209,000 tourists visited the country, Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics said Thursday.

In August alone, 234,400 tourists arrived in Israel, compared to 52,900 in the same month last year, according to the bureau.

After tightening travel restrictions over COVID-19, Israel reopened its borders to vaccinated and recovered international tourists in January 2022, then in March allowed entry for all tourists.
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