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Source: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-01/02/c_137713225.htm
Ancient Jerusalem Attracts Growing Chinese Tourism
(Xinhua-China) Keren Setton - Jerusalem has seen growing tourism by Chinese tourists in recent years. Doron Spielman, vice president of the City of David Foundation in Jerusalem's Old City, said Chinese people love coming here and seeing a wall which was built by Jews at the same time as the Great Wall of China. The City of David park has translated its popular night-time sound and light show into Mandarin, so that biblical characters now speak Chinese to tell the ancient story on the walls of Jerusalem's Old City. "There aren't too many places in the world that the Chinese people can come and find another group of people that go back thousands of years as they do," Spielman stressed. Israel has launched initiatives to better cater to the needs of Chinese tourists, such as inviting Chinese chefs to teach how to cook the Chinese cuisine. Direct flights between China and Israel further increased in frequency in 2018, with now dozens of weekly direct flights between the two countries.