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    In the shops of Jerusalem, empty seats and anguished hearts are all that's left

    by Erika Ryan Nov 11, 2023 3 minutes
    Itay Levy makes music and Kinnors — intricately-carved wooden harps.

    JERUSALEM — The Old City of Jerusalem is thousands of years old. People from all over the world travel here to see the expansive history and the foundation of religions and empires — until now.

    Today, walking around the Old City feels like a ghost town. In the Jewish Quarter, your voice echoes off the stone-covered paths and shut businesses. And it's having a very real impact. According to Israel's tourism minister, before the war began between Israel and Hamas, about 15,000 tourists a day entered Israel. On Oct. 30, there were just 26 tourists for the entire country.

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