Officials in Jerusalem believe tourism to Israel is now reviving after the post-war deep drop. December’s figures published Friday show 40,700 tourists visited Israel during the X-Mas and Chanukah month–some 4000 less than December, 1972, but still much better figures than those of Nov. They brought the year’s final total up to 661,600 compared to 727,500 in 1972. The 1973 figure was thus a drop of some 19 percent on 1972 and about equal to that of 1971. When the war broke out in Oct. the 1973 figures had just caught up with 1972 figures after a slump early in the year. But the war ruined Oct. and Nov. tourism–and the industry is now hoping that the Dec. resuscitation bodes well for the new year.
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