Foreign visitors in Israel surge in 2022 amid post-COVID tourism recovery


JERUSALEM, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- The number of foreign tourists visiting Israel in 2022 reached 2.7 million, according to an annual report issued by the country's Central Bureau of Statistics on Sunday.

The figure represents a 6.8-fold increase, compared to 396,500 foreign tourists who visited Israel in 2021, when the country imposed entry restrictions because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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