Passover in Israel this year saw a record number of tourists filling the nation’s hotels to capacity.
Over 15,000 visitors arrived by air during the two weeks preceding the holiday. On Friday, hours before the seder, 20 planes carrying 3,000 tourists arrived at Lydda Airport. At the same time three shiploads of foreign visitors docked at Haifa.
Inside the country, transportation companies mobilized their largest fleets to cope with the nearly 1,000,000 persons traveling for Passover to visit relatives. The roads were also Jammed with Israeli families on outdoor excursions to take advantage of the perfect sunny weather.
Many tourists and over 50 foreign diplomats, including the Soviet Ambassador to Israel D. Chuvakhin, attended sedorim in kibbutzim.
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