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#Is it safe to travel to Israel? U.S. cautions Israel about settlement plans in East Jerusalem 0:45
IT WAS supposed to be a record-breaking year for tourist visits to Israel. But all that changed when the 50-day war between Israel and Hamas prompted jittery travellers to cancel trips en masse, leaving empty hotel rooms and barren tourist sites in their wake. The summertime fighting delivered a serious hit to Israel 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 Israel Incoming Tour Operators Association.
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