Palestinian Tourism Minister, Rula Maayah said, Tourism in the West Bank and Al-Quds, Palestine increased since the end of Israel's military offensive against the Gaza Strip in August.
The number of tourists to Palestine had declined during the Gaza war lasted. The decline in tourists during the war reached 60 percent. However, at the end of the Gaza war last August has started showing good thing. Now, there's been a 30 percent increase in tourist visitors in Palestine. Rates also will gradually adjust.
Rula Maayah said, Christmas be a good opportunity to encourage tourism in Palestine. Previously, tourism industry in Palestine experienced serious problems during the 50-days Israeli military raids into Gaza. Now when the raid is over, the number of tourists visiting Palestine is expected to increase during the Christmas celebrations during December 2014 and January 2015.
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Maayah also said that had contacted the tour company in the world and take part in international fairs in an effort to publicize the Palestinian archaeological sites and religious winter ahead. Previously, some countries forbid their citizens to visit Palestine during the war, but now the ban has ended. Palestinian government has contacted the concerned countries to convince them to end the ban on travel to Palestine.
Preparation for the celebration of Christmas has begun, tourism ministry officials had two meetings with the city council agenda for coordination. They recently made a visit to the Gaza Strip to check out the tourist sites in the coastal enclave. The strip had been seriously damaged during the Israeli military offensive. According to the tourism ministry study presented at the Gaza reconstruction conference in Cairo, the funds needed for the rehabilitation of areas damaged by Israeli tourist approximately USD 18 million.
During this time, tourism is a major source of income for the Palestinian economy. The tourism sector also employs tens of thousands of people in the West Bank. However, the Israeli blockade on Gaza since 2006, has been shut off in the city's tourism industry.
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