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On this, the Ministry of Tourism will not issue a festive announcement. 2024 ends with a complete collapse of tourist arrivals to Israel. Only about 961 thousand tourists entered the country in the past year.
For comparison, in 2023 about three million tourists entered the country, with most of the year being before the outbreak of the war - which continues to negatively affect the return of tourists to the country.
Last year, there were a total of about 974 thousand day visits, with 33% of the entries being visitors from the USA, 13.3% from France, 8.2% from the UK, and 7.2% from Russia. Also, in 2024, there were a total of 13,100 day visitor entries compared to 228,800 in 2023.
In December, there were only about 76 thousand tourist entries and 1,200 day visitor entries.
Analyzing the seasonally adjusted data of tourist entries by air reveals that in the last three months, October-December 2024, there were an average of 67.5 thousand entries per month, compared to 78.3 thousand entries per month in the previous three months, July-September 2024.