Foreign tourist overnight stays in Israel jump 69.1 pct in 2025


JERUSALEM, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- Foreign tourists' overnight stays at Israeli hotels rose sharply in 2025, surging 69.1 percent year-on-year to over 3.13 million, according to data released Wednesday by Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics.

The increase follows a severe downturn in 2024, when overnight stays by foreign tourists plunged 75.9 percent amid a prolonged multi-front conflict that began in late 2023.

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