Ulendo wa Papa Benedict wa 31 wokacheza ku Holy Land sunakhudze ntchito zokopa alendo ku Israeli monga momwe amaganizira poyamba. Ziwerengero zosindikizidwa sabata ino ndi bungwe la Israel Hotel Association zikuwonetsa kuti Meyi, mwezi waulendo wa papa, adatsika ndi XNUMX% pa chiwerengero cha malo ogona alendo ku Israel.
Kuphatikiza apo, kutsika kokulirapo kunachitika m'malo omwe amwendamnjira achikhristu amayenera kukhalamo paulendo wa papa. Malinga ndi ziwerengero za IHA, panali kuchepa kwa 42% kwa malo ogona alendo ku Yerusalemu, kutsika kwa 44% o = ku kibbutzim, kutsika kwa 22% ku Tiberiyo, ndi kutsika kwa 28% ku Nyanja Yakufa.
Madera ena m'dzikolo analinso umboni za izi za kuchepa kwa ntchito zokopa alendo. Netanya adawona kuchepera kwa 28% malo ogona alendo, Tel Aviv kuchepera 22%, ndipo Eilat kuchepera 15%.
Malo okhawo m’dzikomo amene anasangalala ndi chiwonjezeko cha ntchito zokopa alendo m’mwezi wa May anali Nazareti, ndi chiŵerengero cha 2% m’nyumba zogona alendo poyerekezera ndi May 2008.
Wapampando wa IHA, a Shmuel Zuriel, adachenjeza sabata ino za kupitilirabe kufalikira kwa zokopa alendo ku hotelo, ndipo adaloza chala kuboma, ponena kuti lili ndi udindo wolimbikitsa zokopa alendo pochotsa chiwopsezo cholipiritsa msonkho wogulitsa alendo pazokambirana.
Chiwerengero cha alendo olowa m'dzikolo (chilolezo chosiyana ndi chiwerengero chatsikanso, ndikuwona kuchepa kwa 22% poyerekeza ndi May chaka chatha. ochokera kumayiko ena, kuphatikiza Italy ndi 21%, Spain ndi 41%, ndi Russia ndi 10% poyerekeza ndi Meyi 2008.
Mtumiki wa Tourism Stas Misezhnikov (Yisrael Beiteinu) adanena kuti chipani chake chidzavotera motsutsana ndi bajeti ngati chinthu chopereka msonkho wa malonda kwa alendo chikudutsa mu chiwerengero chachiwiri ndi chachitatu. Undunawu wati kusunthaku ndi kupusa ndipo kuchititsa kuti anthu masauzande ambiri achotsedwe pantchitoyi ndipo zitha kuwononga kwambiri bizinesi ya zokopa alendo ku Israel, gawo lomwe lakumana kale ndi zovuta zambiri chifukwa cha mavuto azachuma padziko lonse lapansi.
