A record-breaking number of Israelis traveled overseas in the first half of 2019. Some 3.8 million took to the skies in what was a 7.4% increase from the 3.5 million Israelis who traveled overseas during the same period last year, according to findings published by the Central Bureau of Statistics.
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Some 185,900 of them also traveled to Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, a 34.2% increase over the last year.
No fewer than 123,900 Israelis flew to Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Arab states via Jordan, an increase of 10.1%.
Another 30,600 Israelis boarded cruise ships to reach their destinations, a 26.6% increase compared to the number who took cruises from Israel in the same period in 2018.
