300,000 visit parks and reserves Thursday

Some 300,000 people visit Israel’s nature reserves and national parks Thursday in the midst of the Passover holiday.

Schools, government agencies and many businesses close during the seven-day Passover holiday, making this period a popular time for internal tourism.

Some 130,000 people visit official national parks, crowding into Masada, Ein Gedi, Tel Dan and other well-known sites.

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