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Old Feb 10, 2016 | 12:43 am
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Originally Posted by DA201
This is true that ~50% of tourists are Christians, while only ~30% are Jewish. However, Israelis travel to America much more than Americans travel to Israel, and the biggest destinations are business cities with a decent size Jewish population and vacation destinations (mostly NYC, LA, Miami, and Orlando). That is also important as El Al is flown primarily by Israelis and Americans will sometimes choose a one stop on a US airline over an El Al nonstop.
Do you have sources for this data, because I find it strange. Especially considering that Israeli travel outside of the US is to many places that have little correlation with the size of respective Jewish communities
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