JERUSALEM, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Tourism ku Israel idalumpha 25 peresenti mu 2007 kufika pamlingo wapamwamba kwambiri m'zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri, motsogozedwa ndi kuchuluka kwa alendo ochokera ku United States, Central Bureau of Statistics idatero Lachitatu.

Anthu pafupifupi 2.3 miliyoni adayendera Israeli chaka chatha poyerekeza ndi 1.8 miliyoni mchaka cha 2006, pomwe zokopa alendo zidasokonekera mu theka lachiwiri la chaka kuyambika kwa nkhondo ya Israeli ndi zigawenga za Hezbollah zaku Lebanon. Tourism idatsika ndi 4.5 peresenti mu 2006.

Bungwe loona za ziŵerengero linanena kuti 24 peresenti ya alendo odzaona malo, kapena 542,000, anachokera ku United States ndi kukwera kwa 10 peresenti m’chaka cha 2006. Dziko la France linali lachiŵiri ndi 246,000.

Alendo omwe amawoloka malire a Egypt adalumpha 137 peresenti mu 2007, pomwe omwe akuchokera ku Jordan adakwera 40 peresenti.

Tourism - gawo lalikulu lazachuma ku Israel - lidachita mbiri ndi opitilira 2.5 miliyoni mu 2000 koma ziwawa za Israeli-Palestine zidapangitsa kuti alendo ambiri asamachoke kuyambira 2001 mpaka 2003.

Ndi zigawenga komanso kuphulitsa mabomba kwa zigawenga za ku Palestine kutsika kwambiri, zokopa alendo zayambiranso zaka zingapo zapitazi.

Akuluakulu amayembekeza chaka chodziwika bwino cha zokopa alendo mu 2008, pomwe Israeli akukondwerera zaka 60 zaulamuliro.

Bungweli linanenanso kukwera kwa 12 peresenti kwa chiwerengero cha anthu aku Israeli omwe amachoka kunja kupita ku 4.1 miliyoni.

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Tourism to Israel jumped 25 percent in 2007 to its highest level in seven years, led by a record number of visitors from the United States, the Central Bureau of Statistics said on Wednesday.
The bureau also reported a 12 percent rise in the number of departures of Israelis abroad to an all-time high of 4.
The statistics bureau said that 24 percent of tourists, or 542,000, came from the United States for a 10 percent rise over 2006.