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Updated · Haaretz · Apr 29Israeli hotel stays fall 41% in March
6 articles · Updated · Haaretz · Apr 29
- Overnight stays totalled about 803,000, down from March 2025, with the Israel Hotel Association releasing the figures on Tuesday.
- The decline was linked to the Iran war, which has further weakened travel demand and hotel occupancy across Israel.
- Tourism has fallen 88% since October 7, underscoring the prolonged damage to Israel's hospitality sector.
Can a new faith-based tourism strategy rescue Israel's hotels from the brink of collapse caused by regional war? How is Israel’s local-first labor model proving more resilient than Dubai's during the Middle East's historic tourism downturn?