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One of the apartments available for quarantine rental in Tel Aviv (Courtesy Eyal Leventhal Ben David)
March 19, 2020, 2:19 pm
In age of coronavirus, battered vacation rental market touts quarantine pads
With high rate of Passover and summer cancellations, short-term rental businesses try to salvage profits through rentals to stranded tourists and returning Israelis
By Jessica Steinberg
Worshipers at the Western Wall on March 10, 2020. (Jacob Magid/Times of Israel)
March 12, 2020, 10:49 pm
To kiss or not to kiss: The question for Old City pilgrims amid virus outbreak
At the sparsely visited Western Wall and Church of the Holy Sepulchre, some suffice with placing a hand on revered stones, while others are too spiritually overcome to avoid a peck
By Jacob Magid
Empty departure halls at Ben Gurion Airport. on March 4, 2020. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
March 4, 2020, 10:30 pm
El Al axes hundreds as carrier feels crunch from coronavirus crisis
Some 600 permanent employees, hundreds of temporary staffers laid off as virus outbreak batters global travel; Tourism Ministry reports usual number of travelers in February
By Luke Tress
Visitors at the Hermon, Israel's only ski area. (Uriel Heilman/ JTA)
February 29, 2020, 8:01 am
Welcome to Mount Hermon, Israel’s only ski mountain. It shuts down when it snows
15 miles of hairpin turns make the 5,400-foot ascent too treacherous during inclement weather, but when the resort opens, Israeli and foreign tourists flock to see the white powder
By Uriel Heilman
American Christian students on a Passages trip to Israel. (Courtesy of Passages)
January 14, 2020, 3:02 am
US Christian students come to Holy Land to connect to biblical and modern Israel
Launched in 2016 and funded by conservative US gentiles and Jews, the Passages program aims to shape the next generation of Christian leaders and shore up support for Jewish State
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Illustrative: Passengers wait at the departure terminal at Ben Gurion International airport on December 17, 2017. (Avi Dishi/Flash90)
January 7, 2020, 1:59 pm
Record 4.9 million people visited Israel in 2019, 12% more than 2018
Of those who came, 4.6 million stayed at least one night; figures show there were also 9.2 million exit trips last year, a rise of 8% over the previous year
By Stuart Winer
Illustrative: A view of the Cyprus coastline (YouTube screenshot)
November 13, 2019, 10:19 pm
Cyprus teams up with Israel to promote Eastern Mediterranean cruises
Praising the close political ties, Cypriot tourism chief Savvas Perdios says both countries ‘very open to such collaboration’
By AP
Tourists look at the view of the Dome of the Rock and the Temple Mount from the lookout of the Mount of Olives overlooking the Old City of Jerusalem, on October 11, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
September 26, 2019, 1:59 pm
Record number of tourists came to Israel over past year — ministry
Arrivals in the country during past 12 months expected to hit 4.6 million, an 18% increase
By Stuart Winer
The Dome of the Rock is accessible to disabled travelers via ramp. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
September 21, 2019, 8:05 am
Holy rolling: Old City sites, lanes now accessible for travelers in wheelchairs
After a 9-year renovation project, disabled tourists can access most of Jerusalem’s famous attractions, and might find some surprises on the way
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Ben Maimon boulevard in Jerusalem was inspired by European thoroughfares and many of its early residents were immigrants from Europe. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
September 14, 2019, 10:01 am
Grandeur restored on Jerusalem’s Ben Maimon boulevard, home to our first PMs
Visitors to the capital can tour the revamped Levi Eshkol visitor center, the country’s oldest art gallery and view 1930s architecture on the European-inspired thoroughfare
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
Tourists walk down the street in the northern Israeli city of Safed.
July 22, 2019, 12:45 pm
As ultra-Orthodox move in, the face of tourism changes in Safed
Only four hotels remain open in the northern Israeli holy city, down from more than 20 in the 1980s
By TOI staff
The homey, spacious lounge area of Abraham Hostel Tel Aviv, the chain's third location (Courtesy Abraham Hostel)
July 1, 2019, 1:59 pm
Named for biblical host Abraham, an Israeli hostel group seeks a bigger tent
Budget, socially conscious chain that offers tours and experiences along with beds is making use of a $7 million investment to add to its 3 locations
By Jessica Steinberg
Passengers boarding what appears to be one of the final Arkia Airlines flights to Eilat at the Sde Dov Airport in Tel Aviv on June 30, 2019. (Flash90)
June 30, 2019, 9:39 pm
Amid vocal protests, Netanyahu says Tel Aviv’s Sde Dov Airport to close Monday
State to compensate Eilat with NIS 400 million development plan; court nixes planned Tuesday strike at Ben Gurion Airport
By TOI staff
The planned cable car to Jerusalem's Old City, as seen in a screenshot from a video by the NGO Emek Shaveh.
June 3, 2019, 7:07 pm
Contentious Jerusalem cable car plan clears hurdle, requires government approval
$55 million project opposed by environmentalists, urban planners, architects, Palestinian residents, religious minority groups
By AP and TOI staff
Sarah Jessica Parker attends a screening of HBO's "Divorce" season 2 at The Whitby Hotel on June 1, 2018, in New York. (Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
June 2, 2019, 9:50 pm
Sarah Jessica Parker in Tel Aviv for private family visit
Star of TV series ‘Divorce’ and ‘Sex and the City’ spotted in Israel
By JTA
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