Tag: Israeli Ministry of Tourism
Israeli Tourism Ministry looking to Spanish-speaking countries for post-war plans
Israeli Tourism Minister Israel Katz, together with the country's ambassador to Spain, on Wednesday inaugurated the Israeli pavilion at FITUR in Madrid. The event is the world's largest tourism fair catering to the Spanish-speaking...
3 million tourists visited Israel in 2023 before Hamas war
Three million tourists visited Israel last year, with the first nine months before the outbreak of the war with Hamas setting a record for tourism from the United States, the Israeli Tourism Ministry announced...
New suspension bridge makes Jerusalem holy sites accessible
Jerusalem is due to unveil Israel’s longest suspension bridge on Sunday night, connecting Mount Zion with the Hinnom Valley to the south. The bridge will make Mount Zion’s holy sites and Jerusalem’s Old City...
60,000 tourists to visit Israel during Passover and Easter
Some 60,000 tourists are expected to arrive in Israel during the Passover and Easter holidays, injecting nearly $100 million into the economy.
Passover begins on Wednesday at sundown and runs seven days in the Jewish...
Maccabiah and Israel: A sporting event of ‘a Jewish nature’
Bringing more than 10,000 Jewish athletes from 80 countries to compete in 42 sporting events all around Israel for the Maccabiah games is an impressive feat. Returning these athletes to their home countries as...
107 entrepreneurs apply to Israeli Tourism Ministry to establish new hotels
Israel’s Tourism Ministry said on Thursday that it had received 107 applications for grants to build new hotels, or to expand existing ones.
The ministry received 70 building permit applications, 22 building restoration applications and...
Visitors to Sde Boker will soon be able to walk in Ben-Gurion’s footsteps
In honor of the anniversary of the passing of Israel’s founding father and first prime minister David Ben-Gurion, the Ramat HaNegev Regional Council recently decided to build a new promenade in his memory along...
Tourist entry into Israel doubles since last year, but still well below pre-pandemic numbers
The number of tourists entering Israel last month was more than double that of September 2020 and around half of that in the same month in 2019, the Israel’s Tourism Ministry reported on Wednesday.
According...
In honor of Jerusalem Day, Israeli Tourism Ministry releases data on visitors to capital
In honor of Jerusalem Day on Monday, the Israeli Tourism Ministry published data on visitors in the nation’s capital.
In last year’s Inbound Tourism Survey (January-February 2020), tourists cited visiting Jerusalem and the city’s various...
Israel to start reopening to tourism, beginning in May
Israel will begin admitting vaccinated tourists into the country at the end of May and has announced the launch of a global campaign to encourage as many people as possible to visit this year,...