Bethlehem welcomes Christmas tourists after pandemic lull
Headline from WHEC Rochester
Business is bouncing back in Bethlehem after two years in the doldrums during the coronavirus pandemic, lifting spirits in the traditional birthplace of Jesus ahead of the Christmas holiday. Streets are bustling with tour groups.
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Business is bouncing back in Bethlehem after two years in the doldrums during the coronavirus pandemic, lifting spirits in the traditional birthplace of Jesus ahead of the Christmas holiday. Streets are bustling with tour groups.
Streets are bustling with tour groups. Hotels are fully booked, and months of deadly Israeli-Palestinian fighting appears to be having little effect on the vital tourism industry.
The Christmas season is peak time for tourism in the historic city of Bethlehem. For the past two years, the number of visitors have plummeted due to the pandemic, but now the city is busy again as tour groups and holiday activities return.
Hotels in Bethlehem are fully booked for Christmas as thousands of tourists return to the Holy Land for the holidays after the pandemic caused two years of slow business.
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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