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Bethlehem Hopes for Rebirth of Tourism

By Linda GradsteinDec 23rd 2009 – 5:15PM
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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...

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  • 04/12/11 New Bethlehem Tourism Website Launched Source: Bethlehem Patch - Bethlehem PA Bethlehem, Pennsylvania is now more famous than the original.
  • 12/24/10 Tourism reborn in Bethlehem Source: IOL Artists have made a tidy sum depicting an imaginary scene where a pregnant Mary and Joseph are puzzled by Israel's separation wall blocking their entry into Bethlehem.
  • 12/19/10 Bethlehem tourism swells as violence ebbs Source: Athens Banner-Herald - Athens GA Bethlehem has seen a record number of tourists this year and its thousands of hotel rooms are fully booked for Christmas week, thanks to steadily declining violence in the West Bank over the past few years.
  • 12/15/10 Bethlehem tourism up, violence down Source: Today Online - Singapore BETHLEHEM has seen a record number of tourists this year and its thousands of hotel rooms are fully booked for Christmas week, thanks to steadily declining violence in the West Bank over the past few years.
  • 12/14/10 Bethlehem tourism swells as violence ebbs Source: USA Today [Travel] It is a welcome bit of good news in a period that is otherwise gloomy, with a U.S.-led Israeli-Palestinian peace effort appearing to have run aground.

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