The government's compensation for mentors - NIS 30,000 for changing professions

Tonight, the government decided on compensation for the tourism industry - guides, travel agents and hotels, which will include a grant of tens of thousands of shekels to replace a profession in funded training

Ziv Reinstein

15/12/2021

Wednesday, 15 December 2021, 19:40 Updated: 20:01

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In the video: Finance Minister Lieberman apologizes for the way he phrased the tourism industry (Photo: Knesset Channel)

Finance Minister Lieberman's statement that tour guides in Israel should consider changing professions, takes effect following a decision by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman, Tourism Minister Yoel Rezbozov, and Economy and Industry Minister Orna Barbibai, who concluded today (Wednesday) On an aid package for the tourism industry, as part of dealing with the "Omicron" strain.

"According to the PMO weekly cabinet meeting, formulated the outline designed to help the tourism industry to prepare for and adapt to the changes that occur following the continued treatment of corona virus," said government offices above. The decision will be submitted to the government soon.

, in the industry or outside it.

This investment will be divided as follows:

• Receiving professional training for all those engaged in the tourism industry at a cost of up to NIS 20,000 per training, with no occupancy limit and state subsidy. The professional training is intended for a wide range of professions in the high-tech, industrial and other fields.

• A monthly training scholarship of up to NIS 10,000 Depending on the length of the training (up to 4 months), regardless of other sources of income (whatever they are).

This assistance will benefit thousands of employees in the tourism industry, including tour guides and travel agents, whose occupation is affected by the change in entry guidelines to Israel.

- In order to help prepare for the changing situation, it was also decided to extend the number of state-guaranteed loan funds by several months from which all businesses in the economy can benefit.

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Substitute a profession and receive a grant.

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Hotels will receive a grant of millions

Financial assistance also in the following channels:

• Hotels that have experienced a decrease of more than 40% in business turnover due to restrictions on the entry of tourists to Israel, will benefit from grants totaling approximately NIS 150 million to be transferred over the coming months.

• Inbound tourism organizers - Resources for assistance and support in marketing operations, personnel retention and reimbursement of expenses in the total amount of approximately NIS 60 million.

• Guides - The state will fund about 25,000 free tours for the public that will be performed by the guides, for a fee of about 1,000 NIS per tour and a total amount of about 25 million NIS. The tours will be conducted through the Nature and Parks Authority and other government ministries.

In addition to all these, and in order to produce immediate livelihood solutions, workers from the tourism industry will be able to be employed as corona trustees in the education system and as epidemiological researchers in local authorities, with a monthly salary of up to NIS 11,000.

In the last two years, there has been a significant decrease in the number of tourists to Israel - while in 2019 about 4.5 million tourists entered Israel, in 2021 by November only about 370,000 tourists entered.

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