Hotels in Bethlehem are fully booked for Christmas as thousands of tourists return to the Holy Land for the holidays after the pandemic caused two years of slow business.
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A giant Christmas tree also shined bright in the nearby Manger Square as tourists packed into the shopsTourism in Bethlehem, which is located in the Israeli-occupied West Bank a few miles southeast of Jerusalem, is normally surging around the holidays as thousands of peoplecome to the city to celebrate Christmas, but those numbers heavily declined during the pandemic.
Keeping with plans from previous years, the ministry will offer special shuttle buses between Jerusalem and Bethlehem on Christmas Eve, so visitors can easily travel back and forth. Israel captured the West Bank during the 1967 Mideast war. The internationally recognized Palestinian Authority has limited autonomy in parts of the territory, including Bethlehem.
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