By: Eythan Halon – Jerusalem Post; jpost.com
“Summer begins with a hike in tourist arrivals to Israel,” said Tourism Minister Yariv Levin.
Nearly 2.6 million tourist entries into Israel have been recorded since the start of the year, representing a 9.8% increase compared to the same period last year, according to new data published Monday by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS).
Building on two consecutive record-breaking years of incoming tourism, 2.587 million tourists entered Israel between January and July 2019, compared to 2.356 million during the same period in 2018.
https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Israel-welcomes-10-percent-increase-in-tourists-in-2019-597715