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BETHLEHEM (West Bank, Israel) – There was no room at the inn at Bethlehem last Christmas as the city’s 4,500 hotel rooms were fully booked.

Mayor Victor Batarseh attributes this situation to the efforts of Christian churches abroad to bring pilgrims to the city.

“This is a trend through the work of churches and their special travel agencies,” he said on Dec 16, the day after he lit the Bethlehem Christmas tree to the cheers of hundreds packing Manger Square. – ENI.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Several church groups from Singapore were among the many thousands who made their pilgrimage to the Holy Land in November and December, with most of them staying in Bethlehem and Jerusalem.