What type of tourists arrive?
• Fifty-three percent of tourists were Christian, about half of them Catholics, 28% were Jewish, and the rest were members of other religions or people with no religious affiliation.
• Fifty-four percent of the tourists visited Israel for the first time in 2013; 46% had already been here before.
• Twenty-two percent defined the goal of their visit to Israel as a pilgrimage, 27% arrived for sightseeing and travel, and 9% for a vacation. In total, 58% defined the goal of their visit as touristic, 26% arrived to see relatives and friends, and 8% came for businesses purposes and conferences.
• Sixty-four percent of tourists stayed in hotels, 25% with relatives/friends, 4% in youth hostels and Christian guesthouses, and 3% stayed in self-owned or rented apartments.