Storm Al-Aqsa's death blow to Israel's tourism industry
A Zionist source acknowledged the devastating impact of Operation Al-Aqsa Storm and the war against the Gaza Strip on the Israeli regime's tourism.
According to al-Arabi al-Jadid, the war in the Gaza Strip had a devastating impact on the Zionist regime's tourism, so that during the last month of October, the regime saw a 76% drop in tourist arrivals and the cancellation of most flights to Tel Aviv. The Zionist Tourism Center said in its report that 89.7 thousand tourists visited the occupied territories in October, most of them entered the occupied territories before October 7, that is, before the start of the Al-Aqsa Storm operation, and 369 thousand visited the occupied territories during the same period. period in 2022. Yesterday's Flights website Secret Flights (Tuesday) reported a significant 80% drop in flights at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurin Airport since the start of the war on October 7th. On the other hand, foreign airlines do not have regular flights to and from occupied Palestine, including Emirates, Fly Dubai and Blue Bird. The crimes of the Israeli regime in the Gaza Strip have caused heavy damage to the economy of this regime, so that, according to the Zionist regime, this war and its consequences cost 200 billion shekels (the currency of the Zionist regime) equivalent to 51 billion dollars.