ABSTRACT

This article examines the extent to which the Sister Cities program affects local tourism in Israel. We split sister cities’ coupling methods into four categories according to the populations of the foreign and local cities and found that the most beneficial coupling method, in terms of the number of tourists and the length of time they spend in Israel, was the same sizes method (Big-Big and Small-Small), with an emphasis on Big-Big, which was found to be the best coupling method. The findings show that culture, religion and common ideology have an important influence on tourism.

中文翻译：

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姊妹城市计划如何促进旅游业

摘要

本文研究了姊妹城市计划对以色列当地旅游业的影响程度。我们根据外国和当地城市的人口将姊妹城市的耦合方法分为四类，发现就游客人数和他们在以色列停留的时间长短而言，最有利的耦合方法是相同大小方法（大-大和小-小），重点是大-大，这是最好的耦合方法。研究结果表明，文化，宗教和共同思想对旅游业具有重要影响。