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Voyage Date [11] Nations Visited [11] Places Visited [11] Notes 1. 4–6 January 1964 Jordan Amman, Jerusalem Old City (Jordanian side), Bethlehem: This was the first time a reigning pontiff had flown on an airplane, [13] the first papal pilgrimage to the Holy Land, [3] and the first time a Pope had left Italy in more than a century. [14]
MEJDI Tours is a full-service tour company. MEJDI Tours has operated tours in Israel and in the Palestinian Authority, Ireland and Northern Ireland, Jordan, Turkey, Iraqi Kurdistan, Spain, and Egypt, among others. They have organized Christian, Jewish, Muslim, university and Non-profit tours.
A Birthright Israel trip lasts for 10 days, including travel to and from Israel. Tours travel throughout Israel and Jerusalem to religious and cultural sites, including the Western Wall and the Dead Sea. Trips also often include a Mega Event for all participants featuring speeches by dignitaries, including the Israeli Prime Minister, [4] and ...
Netanyahu’s visit to the southern city of Rafah was announced hours after Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, visited Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site.
Dixon, William Hepworth (1868): The Holy Land Published by J.B. Lippincott & Co., Edition: 3 Item notes: v. 1, 418 pages; Joseph Dupuis (1856): The Holy Places: A Narrative of Two Years' Residence in Jerusalem and Palestine Vol II. Egerton, Lady Francis (1841): Journal of a tour in the Holy Land, in May and June 1840 London.
The tourist industry in the West Bank collapsed after the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, but recovered by the 1990s, especially after the Oslo Accords. [15] The Second Intifada (2000-2006), resulted in a decline of 90% in the tourism industry, but since it has partially recovered, and in 2010, 4.6 million people visited the Palestinian territories, including 2.2 million from abroad [1]
Church of the Holy Sepulchre: Jerusalem is generally considered the cradle of Christianity. [1]The list of Christian holy places in the Holy Land outlines sites within cities located in the Holy Land that are regarded as having a special religious significance to Christians, usually by association with Jesus or other persons mentioned in the Bible.
Great Jubilee pilgrimage to the Holy Land: 21–22 March 2000 Israel: Tel Aviv, Nazareth, Jerusalem, Capernaum: 21–22 March 2000 Palestinian National Authority: Bethlehem, Dheisheh: 92 12–13 May 2000 Portugal: Fátima: Fourth visit to Portugal. Great Jubilee pilgrimage to the Marian shrine in Fátima. 93 4–5 May 2001 Greece: Athens