Talk:Tourism in Israel

message: This argument suggests to me that there is a place in Wikipedia for an article on Tourism and the Middle East Conflict. Here are some tidbits that might go in such an article:
* Because of the Gaza conflict, tourism in the West Bank tanked in 2014. I know this not from reliable sources, but from friends who own a hotel in Bethlehem, who told me that, aside from Israeli Arab tourists and one group of Nigerians, the hotel was empty during the Christmas season. I'm sure this can be confirmed by statistics.
* Israeli tour organizations run day trips to the West Bank, but as a rule do not book hotels there - tour groups always bunk in Israel.
* There has been a lot of political pressure on institutions like the US State Department and Lonely Planet to upgrade the security ratings of places like Bethlehem (where tourists have never been attacked or harassed).
* There are a few (not many) sources, including this Telegraph article and a few books, on tourism in areas of conflict.
I have grown increasingly lazy in my old age, but perhaps some of you young firebrands would be interested in taking up the torch and writing this interesting article. The article would also be a natural place for the ASA bit, which, while interesting in itself, is both irrelevant to this piece of fluffery and buried in a way that makes it completely inconsequential. --Ravpapa (talk) 13:37, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: "Tourism and the Middle East Conflict" is a fantastic idea and there is obviously a need for such an article sine eyes might want to go that way (I doubt GNG will be an issue). It should not limit content in his article, though. Cptnono (talk) 04:34, 3 April 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:  I'm not sure the content discussed here is expansive enough to warrant an article in its own right. In particular, I'd be a bit concerned if this new article could have the effect that the disputed aspects of Israel's tourism would be removed from the present article. --Dailycare (talk) 18:40, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I think a concern is that there is too much emphasis on focusing on the controversy (WEIGHT). Is this an article primarily about tourism or the I-P conflict? Maybe an alternative would be a standalone section (not 20 paragraphs) discussing the situation instead of inserting it throughout. The article already has a poor format with it alternating between prose and lists.Cptnono (talk) 20:11, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:  I agree WEIGHT needs to be respected. On the other hand, I don't think most of the article is currently about the controversy. In fact, in the beginning of this thread there was a concern that only one sentence was in the controversy section. Of course, if more than half of sources that discuss "Israeli" tourism are about the controversy, then in that case over half of the article should be devoted to the controversy. I don't think that's the current situation. --Dailycare (talk) 14:48, 12 April 2015 (UTC)

text: Super, maybe there should be a section about politics. Again, sections about controversies are frowned upon (ignoring that shows a lack of understanding) however a section with proper attention to NPOV (including the section title) might be preferable to littering lines throughout. I made the mistake of not reading the entirety of the article. I trust you have not done the same?Cptnono (talk) 02:42, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe Im being dense here, but where is there a section about controversies? The content belongs where it is relevant, so the section that covers East Jerusalem is where the material on the occupation of EJ belongs. nableezy - 04:19, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
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message: Over 4million people. can someone change the opening intro to have this new information in it? "In the months January-December 2018, about 4.1 million tourist entries were recorded, 14% more than 2017 and 42% more than 2016. Revenue from tourism in 2018 reached about $5.8 billion (about NIS 22 billion)" --2001:8003:4092:AB00:DD0D:809F:D3C7:DDA7 (talk) 05:19, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  New tourism record set in 2018