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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 478

Tourism Ministry

Passengers arriving at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv on April 17, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 30, 2024, 11:14 pm
Travelers to Israel will soon need to apply in advance for travel authorization
ETA system to be launched for tourists from visa-exempt countries, including US; gradual pilot program to kick off Saturday, before going into full effect on August 1
By Ron Kampeas
Netanel Divker at the Royal Hotel near the Dead Sea on March 5, 2024. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
March 13, 2024, 2:38 pm
At Dead Sea hotels, lasting mental, physical traumas delay homecoming for some evacuees
Despite challenging conditions, some displaced have rejected government incentives to return, citing lingering security concerns, while others still have no homes to go back to
By Canaan Lidor
This picture taken on January 31, 2024 shows a view of the almost empty Roman Catholic Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth in northern Israel. Nazareth's landmark basilica is empty, the surrounding restaurants, stores and market that thrive on pilgrims are closed, while hotels in the Old City have been shut for months. (Nicolas Garcia/AFP)
February 8, 2024, 8:05 pm
Israel-Hamas war ices hopes for post-pandemic tourism rebound
Foreign tourism, particularly Christian pilgrimage, grinds to a halt due to the war instead of bouncing back with the mitigation of COVID-19 threat
By AFP
Tourism Minister Haim Katz in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on September 27, 2023, on the first such high-level public mission to the oil-rich kingdom. (Israeli Tourism Ministry via AFP)
September 27, 2023, 8:03 pm
Saudi tourism minister acknowledges historic Israeli presence at Riyadh confab
Ahmed bin Aqil al-Khateeb says he hopes delegation led by Haim Katz was ‘received well,’ as Israeli tourism minister holds slew of meetings with foreign officials
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
A worker at a restaurant in Tel Aviv, March 3, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
February 1, 2023, 3:18 pm
Tourism Ministry greenlights entry of Michelin Guide to Israel
After years of negotiations, prestigious culinary rankings expected to debut in Tel Aviv, the only city where Michelin inspectors see ‘feasibility’ for review
By Amy Spiro
Evangelical Christian volunteers harvest Merlot wine grapes on September 23, 2020, for the Israeli family-run Tura Winery, in the estate's vineyards located at the West Bank settlement of Har Bracha. (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)
January 1, 2023, 7:36 pm
New tourism minister Haim Katz vows to invest in West Bank, ‘Israel’s Tuscany’
Likud politician says he aims to expand accommodation options to enable all Israelis to afford a vacation; outgoing minister Razvozov says he leaves behind ‘functioning ministry’
By Michael Horovitz
American TV host Conan O'Brien visits the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem on August 28, 2017, to film an episode of his travel series 'Conan Without Borders.' (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 9, 2022, 9:33 am
12 foreign productions win government incentives to film in Israel
Long-awaited tax program is designed to boost Israel as a center for foreign movie and series production
By Jessica Steinberg
A woman floats in the Dead Sea at Ein Bokek. Illustrative. (Subbotsky via iStock by Getty Images)
October 28, 2022, 8:51 am
Israel to build 8,000 new hotel rooms by 2023 as tourism ramps up
Hotel occupancy rates nearing pre-pandemic levels, though many bookings this year still Israeli ‘staycationers’
By Danielle Nagler
A proposed site for an amphitheater in the Negev's Ramon Crater, next to the Selina firm's glamping site. (Courtesy, Lev Hamidbar)
October 25, 2022, 9:59 am
Plan for amphitheater in Ramon Crater stalled as nobody bids for tender
Council says economic viability of Negev Desert project — opposed by nature authority, ministries and green groups — is impacted by tender’s nature protection demands
By Omer Sharvit and Sue Surkes
Tourism Minister Yoel Razvozov impersonating James Bond as part of a tourism marketing video. (Youtube screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 16, 2022, 12:33 pm
Israel’s tourism minister channels James Bond in promotional video
Judoka-turned-politician Yoel Razvozov wades through water shirtless and dresses in a tuxedo similar to Daniel Craig’s take on fictional British spy
By Michael Horovitz
The expanded resort complex being built at the Dead Sea, September 2022 (Courtesy: Moshe Safdie Architects)
October 16, 2022, 9:41 am
With manmade islands and jetties, new hotel plan set to transform Dead Sea tourism
Projects in the works includes guest villas on stilts à la Maldives, spits of land reaching into the sea with a large expo dome, plus rooms along artificial inlets
By Danielle Nagler and Joshua Davidovich
Travelers at Ben Gurion International Airport, on June 7, 2022. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
August 11, 2022, 12:48 pm
Tourism levels continue climb toward pre-COVID records
Visitor numbers on an upward slope, with many Israelis also vacationing in local hotels
By Danielle Nagler
Israeli Tourism Minister Yoel Razvozov (right) and Emirati Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and Small and Medium Enterprises Ahmad Belhoul al-Falasi attend a ceremony at the Israeli pavilion at Expo 2020 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on October 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)
February 23, 2022, 12:25 am
Tourism minister says airport security dispute with Dubai far from resolution
With Feb. 28 deadline looming, Yoel Razvozov says ‘we’ve been getting further away from reaching an agreement’; Shin Bet reportedly tells airlines to prepare for flights to halt
By ToI Staff
India's Harnaaz Sandhu waves after being crowned Miss Universe 2021 during the 70th Miss Universe pageant, Monday, Dec. 13, 2021, in Eilat, Israel. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
December 13, 2021, 6:21 am
Israel’s beauty on full display as India takes the crown at Miss Universe in Eilat
‘Tonight we are in the beautiful country of Israel,’ host Steve Harvey tells hundreds of millions of viewers in 172 countries who tuned in for live TV broadcast from Eilat
By Amy Spiro
Nandita Banna, Miss Singapore, Veronika Ščepánková, Miss Slovak Republic, Lalela Mswane, Miss South Africa and Sarah Loinaz, Miss Spain, take part in the preliminary competition of the Miss Universe pageant in Eilat on December 10, 2021. (Benjamin Askinas/Miss Universe)
December 12, 2021, 10:41 pm
Battered by COVID, Eilat hopes Miss Universe will help revitalize tourism
The 70th pageant will kick off early Monday morning in Israel, despite the Omicron variant’s travel hindrances — and local criticism
By Amy Spiro
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