The Christian Science Monitor is reporting a rise in Gay tourism in Israel, and its repercussions for the economy and religious tourism in the holy land.

Rise in gay tourism stirs unease in Israel

So-called ‘pink dollars’ are flowing into the economy, but may deter traditional pilgrims.

By Danna Harman | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
from the August 13, 2008 edition

Tel Aviv - There is something incongruous about the stretch of beach just under the Hilton Hotel’s high perch. For there, below the bluff, are two so-called “specialty beaches.”

The Hassidic beach, surrounded by an eight-foot concrete wall, features a polite sign at its entrance: Sundays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays are women’s bathing days, it announces. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays belong to men.

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