The reporter learned from the Beijing Office of the Israel tourism administration that 317000 tourists visited Israel in April this year, an increase of 26% over the same period in 2009, and an increase of 9% compared with the record of 2008. In the first four months of this year, 1.063 million tourists visited Israel, an increase of 44% over the same period last year. According to Israel's Central Bureau of statistics, the number of people staying in Israel for at least one day between January and April 2010 was 31% higher than in 2009 and 7% higher than in 2008.
At present, the Ministry of tourism is actively cooperating with the tourism industry to achieve the goal set by the Ministry of tourism to increase the number of inbound tourists by 1 million, that is, to receive 4 million tourists from all over the world in 2012.