That’s an impressive 25 percent increase over the previous year. According to the Ministry of Tourism, those visitors spent 20 billion shekels (about 5.8 billion dollars). This led directly to a lot of new jobs, as hotels across the country had to increase staff by 8 percent
Most visitors came from the USA. Over 700,000 tourists arrived from there, an increase...
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