From blueberry-infused comfort foods to Thai desserts, this year's festival offers the most diverse food selection yet alongside family activities and Colonial demonstrations.

Since 2017, the numbers of tourists have been on the rise, explains Salman. Bethlehem has especially grown into a hub for pilgrims who visit the Church of the Nativity, which marks the site of ...

There's a reason for Christmas cheer in biblical Bethlehem this year _ more tourists are on their way now than in any holiday season since Israeli-Palestinian fighting broke out seven years ago ...

About 30,000 people were expected to visit Bethlehem over Christmas — 10,000 more than last year — but still very different from the 1990s, when 150,000 people would visit during the holiday.

Bethlehem's mayor called Monday for the Christian world to support Palestinians in the beleaguered town by visiting Jesus' traditional birthplace this Christmas.

Sayre Mansion at Christmas, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. You may not be able to travel to Bethlehem in Israel this holiday season, but consider the one closer to home, in Pennsylvania. The Christmas ...

BETHLEHEM, West Bank — Tens of thousands of tourists and Christian pilgrims packed the West Bank town of Bethlehem for Christmas Eve celebrations Saturday, bringing warm holiday cheer to the ...

Christian Palestinians living in Gaza will be permitted to enter Israel and visit Bethlehem for Christmas. Israeli Tourism Minister Stas Misezhnikov made the announcement Wednesday, saying that ...

Approximately 120,000 tourists were expected to visit Bethlehem for Christmas in 2022, slightly lower than the 150,000 in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tourists visit the Church of the Nativity, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021. ... Many of Bethlehem’s hotels have shut and shopkeepers have struggled to keep afloat.