Figures published by the Israel Hotel Association economic department show that the incoming tourism crisis in Israel is getting worse in the wake of Operation Protective Edge last summer.

Tourist overnights were down 20% in June, and tourist overnights in January-June totaled 4.1 million, 25% less than in the first six months of 2014.

According to the Hotel Association, the drop was steepest in Eilat, where overnights totaled 303,000, 46% fewer than in the corresponding period last year.

Overnights amounted to 216,000 at the Dead Sea (down 34%), 433,000 at Tiberias and Lake Kinneret (the Sea of Galilee) (29%), 97,000 in Nazareth (28%), 1.3 million in Jerusalem (27%), 155,000 in Netanya (24%), 1.1 million in Tel Aviv (14%), and 107,000 in hotels in Haifa (17%).

Overnights in Herzliya totaled 96,000, up 4%, compared with the corresponding period last year. The increase is due to a rise in the number of hotel rooms in the city.