North American tourism here from Dec. 1971 to Feb. 1972 rose by 62 percent over the same period last year, reaching a total of 51,600, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics. Tourism from Britain increased 51 percent and from France 24 percent. The total number of visitors was 126,600.
Israel will be represented at a mammoth open-air horticultural exhibition in Amsterdam from March 30 to September 15.
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