Regardless
of the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians a large number of
international
tourists visit the Holy Land every day. Despite the fact that people visit
Palestine on daily basis
simple information about visitors’ profile to Palestinian tourism places and
trip characteristics is
not visible in the tourism academic literature. This information is necessary
for marketing
purposes. Thus, the major aim of this paper was to profile international
visitors to Bethlehem city
in the West Bank. About 300 questionnaires were randomly distributed in popular
places in
Bethlehem and 198 usable questionnaires were completed. Like in many other
world
communities, tourism in Palestine is needed to maintain local livelihoods and
bring prosperity.