Christmas is normally peak season for tourism in Bethlehem, located in the Israeli-occupied West Bank just a few miles southeast of Jerusalem. In pre-pandemic times, thousands of pilgrims and ...

travel between West Bank cities has become increasingly fraught. "There is no security if you are commuting between districts within the West Bank like between Bethlehem, Ramallah, Jericho ...

Bethlehem is home to the Church of the Nativity, believed to be the birthplace of Jesus. Christmas, normally the West Bank town's busy tourist season, was quiet and subdued this year. Bethlehem ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Bethlehem ... have on the small Palestinian economy in the West Bank, already struggling with a dramatic fall in tourism since the start of the war. The Palestinian ...

Easter and Christmas celebrations are usually boons for Bethlehem ... and there is no end in sight. Tourism to Israel and the Israeli-occupied West Bank has plummeted and after Israel barred ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP ... it rebounds from the coronavirus pandemic. Tourism is the economic lifeblood of this town in the occupied West Bank, and for the past two years, the pandemic ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank: For 60 years ... As the conflict rages on, Mr Serhan said he is now considering leaving the tourism industry, and looking for a new job in engineering instead.

The city of Bethlehem is feeling a profound impact ... traditions that historically have turned the West Bank city into a global tourist destination each holiday season. Many of the festive ...

The minister said Palestine's tourism sector faced dire circumstances during this year's Christmas season, primarily in Gaza and the West Bank, noting that Bethlehem appears particularly desolate ...