Increase in Tourism: More than four million people visited Israel in 2018

Tags: Christians, Israel, Jews,, Muslim, tourism
Posted by Cee Harmon Categories: Christian News And Events

There were approximately 13% more tourist entries in 2018 than 2017, making it 38% more than 2016. | Image courtesy: Reuters/Amir Cohen

In terms of demographics, most of the tourists who visited Israel were Christians, with 61% of the tourists in 2018. Some 22% were Jews, 12.1% not affiliated, 1.8% Muslim, 0.6% were Buddhists, 0.5% were Hindus, 0.1% were Baha’is, and 1.7% others. 40% of tourists in 2018 have already visited Israel before.

There has been a significant increase of tourists from the United States (813,500), France (320,000), Russia (303,200), Germany (259,500), Britain (200,000) and China (about 100,000).

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Cee Harmon is the founder of Elevate Christian Network and Elevate Your Potential Magazine. He enjoys helping people improve the quality of their lives - spirit, soul, and body.

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