Hotels by the Dead Sea in southern Israel on July 10, 2019. Photo: Gershon Elinson/Flash90. JNS.org – The Israel Hotel Association announced that occupancy in June was at levels near those of 2019, before the start of COVID-19. Domestic tourism is booming, working on a comeback after foreign tourists were barred from entering the country for almost two years during the pandemic. It will take time for international tourists to catch up to 2019 levels, according to an examination of overnight stays from last month, reported the Israeli business daily Globes on Tuesday. In total, the month of June saw...