Tourism in Israel is being hammered. The Al-Aqsa uprising that began last fall has prompted a flood of trip postponements and cancellations, particularly by Americans who saw no need to put themselves or their children at risk when stones and bullets were flying in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
Tourism to Israel is slumping, but the country\’s national airline is betting $400 million on a liftoff.
With images of violence in the West Bank and Gaza Strip flashing across television screens around the world, it did not take long for Israel\’s tourism industry to start feeling the pinch.
This past October I found myself, along with four other North American Jewish journalists, flying business class — a wonderful way to fly — to Croatia on Lufthansa Airlines.
Once-sleepy Haifa is now a tourist mecca, and MayorAmram Mitzna is spreading the word
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