Report | The occupation’s tourism is among the dead… and Sana’a’s missiles are its real nightmare

The Hebrew newspaper Globes published an economic report revealing the sharp decline in the performance of the tourism sector in the occupied territories as a result of the air embargo on the occupation’s airports imposed by Sana’a as part of the battle to support Gaza.

Follow ups – Al-Khabar Al-Yemeni:

The report stated that the tourism sector recorded a 29.5% decrease in the number of financial transactions compared to the same period in 2024, with the continued withdrawal of global airlines and the deterioration of the security situation following the arrival of Sana’a’s latest missile to Lod Airport “Ben Gurion.”

The report said that the “Phoenix Gamma” index, which monitors the volume of credit card purchases in the occupation markets, recorded a 10% decrease in the past week in the volume of shopping related to the tourism industry, which was considered a “sharp stoppage in demand,” which was directly reflected in the decline in consumption and a change in the behavior of travelers to the occupied territories.

It pointed to a significant increase in the cost of holidays due to the shortage of air travel supply and the monopoly of some local companies in the market, noting that this collapse is not limited to the tourism sector but has extended to include other major consumer sectors, including computer and phone sales.

Experts believe that recovery is not guaranteed, given the continued absence of major companies such as Ryanair and British Airways from the airport airspace and the increasing indications that the crisis of confidence in the market is still escalating.