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A land with no tourists: Israel's summer season on ice again

Israel’s tourism sector is in tatters, but officials are hopeful it will rebound when fighting stops and airlines return

Airport staff walks through the empty arrivals hall at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv on June 13, 2025, after Israel closed its air space to takeoff and landing.Premium
The Tel Aviv coast, usually packed with tourists during the summer, has seen fewer international visitors over the past three years.PremiumPremium

Tel Aviv refuses to sleep, even as tourist arrivals plunge close to 78%

Despite three years of war and dwindling tourists, Israel still has many experiences to offer.

Despite war, Israel still beckons as its tourism industry fights to survive - from the editor

Ministry of Tourism Director General Michael Izhakov

Tourism Ministry director-general to visit US in push to boost incoming tourism to Israel


Israel’s tourism industry looks beyond COVID to expansion and innovation

New hotels are springing up at an impressive rate in Israel, with major international players investing heavily as they count on the revived tourism industry. 

 Conference attendees at the Israel Hotel Investment Summit at the David InterContinental Hotel in Tel Aviv, Nov. 16, 2022.

Tourism Minister or 007? Yoel Razvozov urges to visit Israel in James Bond parody

From Israel with love: The Tourism Ministry aired this commercial to prepare for the "slow season" which comes after the summer and the holidays. 

 Yoel Razvozov as James Bond in new Israeli Tourism Ministry ad.

Israel says it will fight Booking.com over planned safety warning on West Bank listings

A senior Palestinian official welcomed the move, provided it applied to Jewish settlements only.


Israel-China direct flights to return for first time since COVID-19 pandemic

Tourism Minister Yoel Razbozov's aim, he says, is to increase Chinese tourism in Israel to up to 10 million Chinese tourists annually by 2030.

Chinese and Israeli flags are seen on a table during a signing ceremony in Tel Aviv, 2014

Israeli tourism is on the way back to pre-pandemic highs

Despite the pandemic delivering the haymaker of the century, the tourism industry in Israel is getting back on its feet/

 JEWS PRAY at the Western Wall on Jerusalem Day. The Kotel is the most visited site in Israel, according to the Tourism Ministry.

Tourism and Transportation ministries announce decongestion plan

To help deal with congestion and shortage of workers, the ministries will set up a dedicated website for vacancies in tourism-related industries.

 Sign indicates one should expect delays. Jerusalem suffers severe traffic and its public transport system leaves much to be desired (Illustrative).

Three Israeli villages selected as candidates for UN Tourism Org ‘Best Tourism Villages 2022’

The villages of Kfar Kama in the Lower Galilee, Neot Smadar in the southern Negev, and Zippori were selected out of 17 potential candidates.

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Tourism Ministry to use NIS 300m. on upgrading Israel's tourist infrastructure

The ministry aims to increase incoming tourism to reach its goal of 10 million incoming tourists a year.

 Travellers stand in line to check-in at Ben Gurion International Airport, on June 13, 2022.

Christian travelers: Everything you need to know to visit Israel

Opinion: Christine Darg takes you step by step through the entry process.

Restarting tourism: Israel welcomes first foreign group since March 2020

Why I love Israel. It's not about Armageddon

Opinion: "I wanted our people to hear your story," writes Pastor Greg Laurie.

The Tel Aviv beach – before the pandemic.