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Bethlehem Hopes for Rebirth of Tourism
Dec 23rd 2009 – 5:15PM
AP
BETHLEHEM (Dec. 23) – Merchants and hotel owners hope there will be no room at the inn this Christmas as tourism is expected to reach almost 2 million – four times the level of 2007. But just two days before Christmas, shop owners said business was not nearly as good as they expected. "We have a lot of...
Background on Bethlehem Israel
Bethlehem ( or ', lit "House of Flesh"; ', Modern: ', , lit "House of Bread;" , Vithleém) is a Palestinian city located in the central West Bank and approximately south of Jerusalem, with a population of about 30,000 people.
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