Tourists heading for the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem gather for a selfie Tens of thousands of visitors have gathered in Bethlehem for a Christmas procession, after the town's economy was badly ...

Thousands of tourists travel to Bethlehem every year at Christmas time Bethlehem is celebrating Christmas. A huge tree covered in lights is on display in the square outside the 1,700-year-old Nativity ...

Hordes of tourists and pilgrims are a common sight outside Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity in the Palestinian West Bank, along with costumed Santas and marching bands. This year, however ...

Outside Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity in the Palestinian West Bank, the throngs of tourists and pilgrims who normally rub shoulders with costumed Santas and marching bands are missing this year.

Usually the narrow, gently winding street to the side of Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity would be bustling with souvenir sellers. They hail passing tourists in English, Spanish, Polish - trying ...

Change of plan, brothers. The Christmas season, now approaching, has prompted the Christian authorities of the Holy Land to ...

A miracle of peace and interreligious harmony in a region deeply wounded by struggle and violence, Bethlehem University, the ...

A Christian businessman from Bethlehem who runs a store that sells hand-carved olive wood Nativity scenes said on a visit to Birmingham this week that tourism in the birthplace of Jesus has dried ...

As in Rome, tourism has long been the bedrock of Bethlehem’s economy. But Bethlehem residents who invested their savings into hotels, restaurants and souvenir shops, making local crafts or ...