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Illustrative: Passengers arrive at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, September 24, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
November 3, 2025, 5:04 pm
Winds of war begin to calm, but tourists unlikely to rush back immediately
The tourism industry is desperate for a rebound, and bringing back visitors beyond pilgrims and solidarity missions will require overhauling Israel’s image, experts caution
By Sharon Wrobel
Participants in the Alexander Muss High School in Israel program, July 2025 (Alexander Muss High School in Israel)
August 17, 2025, 5:31 pm
As yet another wartime summer affects travel to Israel, Jewish youth programs are pivoting
Visits to the Holy Land can be a formative experience for Diaspora Jews, but constant travel impediments in the turbulent region force trip leaders to innovate – or go elsewhere
By Zev Stub
FILE - Arthur Frommer, 83, and his daughter, Pauline Frommer, 46, pose among tourists in the Wall Street area in New York, May 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
November 19, 2024, 6:33 pm
Arthur Frommer, guidebook trailblazer who opened world to travelers, dies at 95
Legendary Jewish writer made international travel feel attainable with budget-friendly tourism guides at a time when overseas trips were exclusive province of wealthy jet-setters
By AP and ToI Staff
Frieda Vizel leading a tour of Williamsburg, New York, April 2022. (Danielle Ziri)
May 23, 2022, 3:18 am
Ex-Hasidic woman gives tours of her former NYC stomping grounds from the outside in
Frieda Vizel takes participants on an intimate journey into the insular Williamsburg enclave. But far from a critique, she offers a detailed and objective look at life there
By Danielle Ziri
Workers from the tourism sector, calling for financial support from the Israeli government, protest outside Ben Gurion International Airport, on December 13, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
December 19, 2021, 2:01 pm
Daily Briefing Dec. 19 – Tech firms celebrate best year as tour guides bemoan fate
Military correspondent Judah Ari Gross discusses last week’s terrorist attack, followed by Startup Israel editor Ricky Ben-David on the tourism industry and tech exits
By ToI Staff
A group of tourists in Israel led by tour guide Yoav Rotem. (Courtesy)
December 16, 2021, 5:11 pm
‘They are burying us’: Tourism sector workers fume at government offer to ‘retrain’
Tour guides and operators say they feel abandoned, after 2 years of COVID-19, by a leadership pushing them to find other jobs
By Ricky Ben-David
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