Bethlehem is preparing to celebrate the best Christmas in the last 20 years. Local authorities and hotel owners expect more tourists this holiday season than last year.
Hotel rooms booked months in advance. Five new hotels are planned to be built in the city, and existing ones begin to expand..
The city authorities extended the work of the Basilica of the Nativity until eight in the evening. Also, perhaps in future tourist groups will have to book a visit to the temple. This is necessary to solve the problem of large queues.. In addition, the city will expand the bus station.
One and a half million tourists visited Bethlehem last year..