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Article: Number of tourists down 12 percent over last October: This signifies a recovery in tourism figures compared with September, when the number of tourists was down 38% over last year.
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- November 19, 2006
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Byline: Zeev Klein
Nov. 19--144,800 tourists visited Israel in October, 12 percent fewer than in October of last year, according to figures released by the Central Bureau of Statistics.
This signifies a recovery in tourism figures compared with September, when the number of tourists was down 38 percent over last year.
127,000 of the tourists came by air, 10 percent fewer than in October of last year. 16,800 came by land, a drop of 18 percent.