09/04/2005
More than million foreigners visited Israel in the first 7 months of 2005
A total of 1,063,917 foreigners visited Israel in the first seven months of the year, a 29 per cent rise over the same period in 2004, according to figures released by the Central Bureau of Statistics and Israel's Ministry of Tourism.
268,601 U.S. tourists arrived in Israel in the first seven months of the year, a 25 per cent increase over the same period last year, and a record 174,600 French tourists arrived between January and July 2005, a 27 per cent hike.
"Our goal is to welcome five million tourists to the country by the end of 2008," said Israel's Minister of Tourism Avraham Hirchson in response to the figures.
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