Another Repercussion to ’Israeli’ Defeat in Gaza: Blow to Tourism
Local Editor
It was supposed to be a record-breaking year for tourist visits to the Zionist entity. But all that changed when the 50-day "Israeli" aggression against Gaza prompted travelers to cancel trips en masse, leaving empty hotel rooms and barren tourist sites in their wake.
According to "Israeli" reports, "the summertime fighting delivered a serious hit to Tel Aviv's thriving tourism industry, causing losses of hundreds of millions of dollars and sparking concern that aftershocks may continue well after the war.""Our challenge is how to prevent more cancellations. Despite a month having passed since the war, there is still an image among tourists that it is not safe to travel here," said Oded Grofman of the so-called "Israel" Incoming Tour Operators Association.
The "Israeli" aggression came at the beginning of the peak tourist season, which includes July and August and runs through the so-called "Jewish High Holiday" season and early winter.
Rockets that landed near Ben Gurion's international airport spurred American and European airlines to suspend flights for 48 hours, sending a chill through the "Israeli" tourism industry.
Before the "Israeli" aggression, "Israel" hoped for a record-breaking year for tourist visitors.
However, the war caused a 31-percent drop in foreign visitors to the Zionist entity during that period compared to 2013, with the decline in August reaching 36 percent.
The amount of visitors during that month was the lowest since February 2009. Meanwhile, the so-called "Israel's" Tourism Ministry estimates the losses to be upward of $544 million.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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