Bethlehem hotels teem with tourists, defying Jerusalem tensions
Hotels are at full capacity for Christmas; record 2.7 million tourists expected this year
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Bethlehem
IN THE West Bank town revered as Jesus's birthplace, hotels are at full capacity for Christmas despite simmering Israeli-Palestinian tensions over US President Donald Trump's labelling of nearby Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
"We have not witnessed any cancellation since the Trump announcement and are 100 per cent booked for Christmas Eve," said Palestinian Tourism Ministry public relations director Jeries Qumsieh.
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