Israel and Palestine to jointly market tourism
Jerusalem: The Israeli and Palestinian tourism ministers have announced that they will cooperate to market tourism in the Holy Land. This comes as a part of an effort to encourage Christian pilgrims to visit the Holy Land during the Christmas season.

Israeli Tourism Minister Gideon Ezra and his Palestinian counterpart Mitri Abu Aita announced cooperative measures to assure safe passage of pilgrims and tourists, especially between Jerusalem and Bethlehem.

Christmas is a peak travel season to the Holy Land and is of great importance to both the Israeli and Palestinian economies. The tourism officials said they hoped their cooperation would contribute further to the recovery of the tourism sector, as well as help the Middle East peace process move along.
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