The number of first-time visitors to Israel is increasing dramatically, officials said. The Tourism Ministry said Tuesday that in the first six months of 2005, there was a 73 percent increase in the number of first-time visitors to Israel — 328,000 compared to 190,000 in the same period last year.
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