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Isreal Wonders
11-02-2010
NOVEMBER 2010 Vol. 3 - Issue 10
GREETINGS FROM THE COMMISSIONER
Dear Friends,
With summer long behind us and winter rapidly approaching, we are gearing up for the upcoming holiday season during which we expect thousands of tourists to visit the Holy Land and make 2010 the best year ever for travel to Israel. The special atmosphere this time of year, including the plethora of festivals, new hotel and restaurant openings and art and cultural events will excite the first-time visitor as well as the seasoned traveler.
We are looking forward to having you visit Israel and share our excitement during this upcoming holiday season.
Shalom,
Haim Gutin
Israel Tourism Commissioner, North & South America
TRAVEL TO ISRAEL CONTINUES TO RISE
More than 2.5 million travelers arrived in Israel between January and September of this year--27% more than during the same period last year and an all-time high in travel to Israel. 270,000 tourists visited Israel in September 2010--an 11% increase compared to September 2009 and 2% greater than the same period in 2008, the record year for travel to Israel.
LONGTIME NBC CORRESPONDENT MARTIN FLETCHER RELEASES NEW BOOK, WALKING ISRAEL
Emmy Award-winning journalist and longtime NBC correspondent Martin Fletcher released his new book Walking Israel last month, and appeared on NBC's Today Showto speak about it in full detail. In Walking Israel, Fletcher shares stories from his two-week, 110-mile journey from Rosh Hanikra in the north to Ashkelon in the south--detailing his experiences and encounters with the people that inhabit the coastal towns along the way. To view the interview, visit MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "r20.rs6.net" claiming to behttp://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/39377818/ns/today-books.
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