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Christian tourism
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December 15, 2022, 9:34 am
Bethlehem welcomes back Christmas visitors as post-pandemic tourism soars
Streets are bustling with tour groups and hotels are fully booked, as Israeli-Palestinian tensions appear to be having little effect on the number of holiday tourists
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Sam McNeil
March 14, 2022, 10:10 am
Israel said barring Ethiopian Christian pilgrims from country, for fear they’ll stay
In letter cited by Israeli TV, immigration authorities tell tourism agencies not to let groups because of concerns they won’t return home due to ongoing civil war
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April 12, 2020, 10:44 am
Just in time for Easter: Jordan River baptismal site is mine-free after 53 years
‘It was like walking into a time capsule, with beer still on the shelf, the tables still laid for dinner,’ says head of UK group who oversaw project at Qasr al-Yahud
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Melanie Lidman
December 22, 2019, 7:20 pm
At Christmas, Bethlehem says it’s denied full gifts of tourism
Palestinian Hotel Association laments that Israeli organized tour groups only make short visits to Christian pilgrimage city
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December 29, 2018, 4:39 pm
Israel saw record-breaking 4 million tourists in 2018, says tourism ministry
Tourism Minister Yariv Levin hails ‘significant revolution in marketing Israel’ abroad
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December 20, 2018, 6:04 pm
At Jesus’s birthplace, an app is born… to ease crowds
With tourism to Bethlehem on the rise, PA ministry says advance reservation system will shorten lines at entrance to Church of the Nativity
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December 17, 2018, 2:15 pm
Bethlehem church mosaics sparkle in time for Christmas
Experts clean, repair surviving fragments of 12th century masterworks at famed Church of the Nativity, some of which were covered by soot for centuries
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Clothilde Mraffko
October 8, 2018, 1:06 pm
Riled tour guides warn new bill could skew tourists’ Israel experience
Legislation that would allow non-licensed guides for pilgrims and some foreign groups, set for Knesset debate this month, would lower standards, threaten livelihoods, guides say
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Sue Surkes
December 25, 2017, 12:24 am
In Christmas message, Netanyahu offers Christians personal tours of Israel
Prime minister wishes ‘Merry Christmas’ to citizens of the Jewish state celebrating the festival and to ‘our Christian friends around the world’
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September 26, 2017, 3:34 am
Kathie Lee Gifford wrote a book about Israel
‘Today’ co-host chronicles her past four rabbinical study trips to the Holy Land in ‘The Rock, The Road, and the Rabbi’
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Gabe Friedman
April 25, 2017, 12:55 am
Gov’t agency bans all tour groups from West Bank, then says it made a mistake
Population Immigration and Border Authority says letter barring trips was issued in error; will send new missive with guidance for PA-controlled areas
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April 13, 2017, 8:03 am
Ancient sacred art resurrected in city of Jesus’s birth
In Bethlehem, a group of enthusiasts specializing in the sacred craft of iconography work to keep the 2,000-year-old tradition alive
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Sarah Benhaida
January 3, 2017, 10:29 am
From Hebron hovel to airport kiosk, on the trail of Holy Land ceramics
Tourists flock to Jerusalem and Jaffa to purchase this ornate flowery pottery — made in Palestinian workshops in the West Bank
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Brett Kline
December 21, 2016, 9:31 pm
Will Florida’s ‘Holy Land’ survive another Christmas?
The Jesus Christ-themed Holy Land Experience is celebrating 15 years, but some neighbors claim the theme park is facing financial Armageddon
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Matt Lebovic
May 16, 2016, 12:20 pm
Jesus’s baptismal site, long sealed off, to be cleared of landmines
Churches at Qasr al-Yahud have languished behind barbed wire for five decades; now a UK anti-mine group plans to rid area of 4,000 explosives, giving pilgrims access
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