Amram Zur Explained

Amram Zur (died 2005) was Israel's first travel ministry commissioner. He was appointed head of the Jerusalem public relations department.[1]

Biography

Amram Zur served in the Jewish Brigade and later became the first Ministry of Tourism travel commissioner for North America. He was instrumental in increasing the number of visitors to Israel in the 1970s and 1980s[2] and organized the first "peace cruise" travelling between Israel and Egypt.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04E1DC163FF930A15750C0A9639C8B63 Obit
  2. Web site: Israel awards those who developed tourism.
  3. http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1973/11/11/page/115/article/in-middle-east Peace could benefit tourism