Tag: Tourism
Israel passes important hurdle to enter US visa waiver program
Fiscal year 2022 saw a significant drop in the number of Israelis refused visas to enter the United States, for the first time falling under the 3% threshold to qualify for the U.S. Visa...
Israel warns travelers that Iran continues to target Israelis overseas
The National Security Council (NSC) Counter-Terrorism Bureau of the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office announced on Monday its assessment and travel warnings ahead of the upcoming Jewish high holidays.
Among its conclusions was that Iran and...
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...
Summer travel season begins with chaos at Israel’s main airport
After returning to full operations in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Israel’s Ben-Gurion International Airport is having difficulty coping with heavy passenger traffic as the summer travel season gets underway.
Even though the airport...
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...
Beauty meets social responsibility at Yvel Design Center
OK, admit it: sometimes you need a break from the intensity and emotional highs of touring Israel’s religious and historic sites.
A two-hour visit to the Yvel Design Center, where beauty, creativity and social responsibility...
Israeli tourism minister heads to Dubai to sign cooperation agreement
Israeli Tourism Minister Yoel Razvozov will head to the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, where he is expected to sign a tourism cooperation agreement with UAE Economy Minister HE Dr. Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi.
The...
Report: Palestinians entering Israel illegally to visit tourist sites
Palestinian tourist companies in Ramallah are taking advantage of a gap in the border fence to organize hundreds of tours to Israel for Palestinians.
What began as visits to Israeli beaches has expanded into tours...
Israel’s participation in US visa waiver program would bolster bilateral ties, lawmakers say
A bipartisan group of 58 lawmakers sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas urging them to add Israel to the U.S. Visa Waiver Program, saying that...
Israeli officials fear Turkey’s Erdoğan will exploit imprisoned Israeli couple as political pawns
An Israeli couple was arrested by Turkish police on Friday in Istanbul for taking pictures of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s residence while touring the country. They have been charged with political and military espionage. Israeli officials...