Ministry of Tourism presents initial plan • Ministry of Finance does not talk about budget and refers to Ministry of Health • Ministry of Health ignores the opportunities for promoting tourism, some of which are already implemented in the field in some countries of the world
Yesterday, a series of easements came in as part of a long process that should take about a month and a half and during that, if there is no significant deterioration, we can see open malls and even clothing stores. The first sector that suffered the most severe blow was the tourism and aviation sector, which, surprisingly, was not included in the government's detailed plans, at least not those officially published. We checked with the Ministry of Tourism, Finance and Health, and it seems that in the face of many countries in the world, tourism in Israel will return very significantly if they do not wake up immediately.
Speaking to the Director General of the Ministry of Tourism, Amir Halevi, he says, "Israeli aviation must be maintained and at the same time it must be taken into account that fuel prices are very low and they will help the prices of flights remain relatively low. We are focusing back on domestic tourism as early as the Corona because it is not going to go away anytime soon, there will be standard character, social remoteness and hygiene. Let's start with guest rooms and apartments and the women's hotels emphasize the cleanliness and service up to the room instead of gathering in the dining rooms.
In the second stage, inbound tourism, we look at what will happen in the world and act accordingly. As for domestic tourism, we are facing the Ministry of Health, the NSC and the Treasury and are beginning to formulate plans. As soon as we reach understandings with the Ministry of Health and it enters the exit strategy, we will be happy to confirm once the closure is complete, models should be started that the hotels are working on incomplete occupancy, with room-to-room service, maintaining Inbound tourism is a question of when there will be flights, hope it will be as soon as possible and when it will, we will go over audiences that will be less deterred, young people and business people, we are still learning what is happening and it is still early, it is difficult to know when it will be "The tourism industry is very disciplined and according to the instructions we receive from the Ministry of Health we will act."
When we tried to understand from the Ministry of Finance how they intend to help the tourism industry, they claimed that there was an aid program for the economy that the Ministry of Finance has drawn up and that the plan also includes the tourism and aviation industry. How to promote port strategy integration? The Treasury Department has no answers and they have referred us to the Ministry of Health. Health ministries, like most times, just don't respond. The Ministry of Health spokesmen ignored calls and were unwilling to explain how they would integrate tourism and aviation into the exit strategy.
Data from the International Airlines Association (IATA) shows that the airline market is expected to rise by about 25% in two months. As of September this year, we expect to see a 50% increase in the industry, data that is encouraging compared to what we have heard in recent weeks. At the same time, many airlines are already taking steps to return to operations soon, with Emirates Corona inspecting at the airport, which will receive answers within about 10 minutes. For example, biolidics corona tests with answers within about 10 minutes approved by the US FDA, with European CE marking and other countries' health authorities including Singapore, 95% accurate and the tourism industry in the world is expected to use the method - but in Israel it is Not taken into account. It is important to note that there are similar tests by other companies. In the US Delta no middle seats are sold and so are more companies operating to maintain social distance in the aircraft. At Etihad, a symptom testing technology will be established.
Most countries in the world will struggle with the few tourists who are expected to leave in about two or three months, many countries have already drawn up a well-designed plan for integrating tourism backed by large budgets and we are in huge arrears. An industry that supports hundreds of thousands of Israelis, restaurant owners, taxi drivers, hotel workers, airlines, airports, travel agents and the list goes on.