In 2019, the ''Financial Times'' reported: "Chinese tourism to [[Israel]] grew 1,600 per cent from 2009 to 2017, according to the tourism ministry, and many are believed to be Christians."<ref>[https://www.ft.com/content/e1b58738-61ed-11e9-b285-3acd5d43599e Christian pilgrims fuel Holy Land tourism boom], Financial Times, 2019</ref> | In 2019, the ''Financial Times'' reported: "Chinese tourism to [[Israel]] grew 1,600 per cent from 2009 to 2017, according to the tourism ministry, and many are believed to be Christians."<ref>[https://www.ft.com/content/e1b58738-61ed-11e9-b285-3acd5d43599e Christian pilgrims fuel Holy Land tourism boom], Financial Times, 2019</ref> |