The international website for hotel reservations Booking.com will mark accommodations located in conflict zones starting this week, including several Israeli settlements, media reported on Monday. Major Israeli settlements Ma'ale Adumim and Ariel in the northern West Bank will be among the marked locations.
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A travel warning for tourists planning to stay in Israeli settlements is expected to be issued as early as Thursday. According to the company's statement, a text will appear next to certain accommodations saying that "a visit to this area may be accompanied by an increased risk to safety, human rights and other risks to guests and the local community," Booking.com plans to say according to Channel 13 News, which first broke this story.
The company's spokesperson noted that Israel will not be the only country to which the new labeling rules will apply. In 2018, another digital tourism service Airbnb announced it would remove properties located in West Bank Jewish settlements from its rental listing. However, in 2020, the Amnesty International human rights group claimed that the company has still not imposed the ban.
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