Tag: Tourism Ministry

The campaign rolled out this week in the US, Israel’s fastest growing market, as well as Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Spain with the US investment being the Ministry’s largest investment.

According to Tourism Ministry statistics, 55% of the approximately 4.5 million tourist entries (those staying at least one night) in 2019 were Christians.

Tourism Minister Yariv Levin says he's expecting another half a million tourists to visit the Jewish State by the end of the year.

Revenue from in-country tourism in September stood at $581 million, and since Jan. 1 at S4.728 billion.

Both plots are part of an approved plan that includes a commercial center and a regional convention center.

Sibiu will be the sixth city in Romania to operate a direct route with Israel.

The Tourism Ministry’s Inbound Tourism Survey shows that the Indian tourist stays an average of 6.2 nights in Israel, spending on average $1,066.

The contest is taking place in Finland, Sweden, Germany, Poland and Spain with the target tourist population being millennial independent travelers seeking that “off-the-beaten-path experience.”

“This is a special day and an historic milestone as we break the 3-million-tourist barrier and set a new all-time record," Minister Levin said.

At peak season there are 64 weekly flights between Romania and Israel, with most on the Bucharest-Tel Aviv route.

"This revolution in tourism . . . is making a great contribution to the Israeli economy and the jobs market."

In the last year, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of tourists and business people visiting Israel from China.

Today, the only access road to the Wailing Wall from the Jewish Quarter is the stairway, a drop of about 26 yards.

Wizz Air also announced that the new routes would operate twice a week.

25% Increase in the first two months of 2017 compared with Jan-Feb 2016.

The project is part of the ministry’s efforts to promote innovation and to diversify and improve the tourist experience in Israel.

47,000 Chinese tourists visited Israel ( 以色列 ) last year, and the Tourism Ministry hopes that figure will reach 100,000 by the year 2018.

LIberman's entry into the coalition may bring about even more changes than expected...

They hope to reduce the cost of vacationing in Israel by about 20% over five years.

Vandals left graffiti that quoted a prayer in which it is written "cut off their false idols" but forgot the verse from the Torah that "you shall set a king over yourself."

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Four leading actors from the hit shows CSI:NY and CSI:Miami are touring Israel as guests of the Tourism Ministry. Jonathan Frederick Togo and Omar Benson Miller (stars of CSI: Miami) and Carmine Giovinazzo and AJ Buckley (stars of CSI: NY), will visit Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, the Dead Sea and Masada and the Galilee.

The United States Tour Operators Association, the largest tourism wholesalers association in America, will hold its 2013 annual conference in Israel as guests of the Tourism Ministry. The decision was made in February during a meeting in the US between Tourism Minister Stas Misezhnikov and USTOA management. The organization’s last annual conference in Israel occurred in 1995.