India Launches Effort to Boost Jewish and Israeli Tourism
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by News Editor
JTA – Indian officials are urging the tens of thousands of Indian Jews living in Israel to visit their home country.
To encourage Jewish and Israeli tourism in India, the Indian government has funded the renovation of the country’s Jewish heritage sites, according to the Times of India. The government recently renovated the Paravoor and Chennamangalam synagogues in Cochin, in southern India. Some 25,000 Cochin Jews live in Israel among 85,000 total Indian-Israelis.