As in a flight abroad: presentation of Corona tests, checkpoints at the entrance and opening of restaurants and shops • The government has approved the definition of the Dead Sea and Eilat as 'green tourist islands'
Hotels in Eilat
Photography:
Yehuda ben Itach
The government today (Sunday) approved an outline for tourists entering Eilat and the Dead Sea area by presenting a negative corona test.
According to the outline, the Corona Cabinet will be allowed to define the places as "green tourist islands", and allow the opening of hotels and other businesses to be used by tourists.
Currently there are only two red cities in Israel, Eilat is defined as green and so is the Dead Sea area, it is expected that there will be more areas that will join the outline.
As part of the process of opening the tourist areas, the Israel Police will enforce the entrance to those tourist areas through checks and roadblocks and thus be able to allow maximum protection of those green areas.
Those who formulated the outline for the first time were the captains of the city of Eilat, headed by Meir Yitzhak Halevi and Eli Lankri.
As part of the outline, the hotels will be strict about the occupancy rate, entering the dining rooms, and maintaining distance and wearing masks within the conditions of the purple character that was defined during the days of Assaf Zamir, who served as Minister of Tourism.
Additional restaurants and shops will probably be allowed to open for the benefit of tourists who come to those "islands".
In the future, it is possible that the Sea of Galilee area and other tourist areas in Israel will receive an opening permit.
At the same time, an outline was submitted for receiving foreign tourists to Eilat, according to the outline, tourists will have to present negative results for corona checks and land at Ramon Airport.
Tourists will not be able to leave Eilat during the holiday if this offer is accepted.
Israeli citizens who want to get to Eilat by flight will also be able to do so from Ben Gurion Airport, and those who want to get to Eilat by car will be able to do so in a pre-determined way where checkpoints will be set up, probably via Highway 90.