Israel’s April tourism numbers set record

Published on May 10, 2012

The number of tourists entering Israel last month set a record.

Israel - Tourists Unfazed by Gaza Pullout

By Daniella Peled
Published on September 1, 2005

For visitors to Israel this summer, the disengagement from the Gaza Strip proved hard to ignore.

"Everybody's orange," said Rebecca Kaminski, from Berlin, with a laugh, referring to the color adopted by the anti-disengagement activists. "I'm on the blue side, I guess."

Sitting on the beach in Netanya, the 22-year-old was working on her already impressive tan with a group of girlfriends, all students at a six-week summer ulpan, or Hebrew-language immersion course, in Kibbutz Mishmar Hasharon.

They have not been deterred from visiting Israel during its exit from the Gaza settlements and parts of the West Bank.

Closed for the Duration

By Larry Derfner
Published on November 1, 2001

Whenever there's a wave of terror in Israel, the nation's hotels come up against a wave of cancellations, and the country's entire tourist industry -- from five-star hotels to souvenir hawkers -- goes into a slump. But in a few months the terror and fear subside, and the tourists come back.