Despite the corona: 2021 was a record year for Israeli hotel stays
2019 was the peak year in tourism in Israel, and despite the sharp decline in tourists who came to Israel, Israelis actually broke the record for overnight stays in hotels in Israel, which amounted to about 14.7 million overnight stays - an increase of 7% compared to 2019. But in which city did we spend the most?
Ziv Reinstein
24/01/2022
Monday, 24 January 2022, 11:03 Updated: 11:40
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Hotel now in Eilat (Photo: Ziv Reinstein, Editing: Nir Chen)
The year 2021 was the "black year" of inbound tourism, when the hotel industry in Israel last year recorded a negative record in overnight stays and occupancy by foreign tourists, since the skies of Israel are closed to non-citizens for almost two years.
Data from the Hotel Association published today (Monday) show that the industry recorded a 93% decrease in tourist overnight stays compared to 2019, a 40% decrease in total overnight stays (tourists and Israelis) in hotels, and the average annual room occupancy in 2021 dropped to a low of only 39%. .
The difficult data sum up a period of almost two years and indicate the critical situation of the hotel industry in Israel.
Despite domestic tourism data, it is important to remember that the industry was almost completely closed in the first two months of the year.
Only on March 5, 2021 was the opening of the dining rooms approved with an occupancy of up to 50%, and on May 6, 2021, the occupancy restrictions were lifted and the hotels were allowed to work according to the green label.
The year 2019 was recorded as a record year in inbound tourism and overnight stays and occupancy of hotels with approximately 25.8 million overnight stays (approximately 47% tourist overnight stays and approximately 53% Israeli overnight stays) and an average room occupancy of approximately 70%.
Despite the non-arrival of the tourists, the Israelis actually arrived and how, and took advantage of the closures and everything in between for an Israeli vacation in the hotels in the country.
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Hotels in Eilat.
The most popular city for Israelis in the past year (Photo: ShutterStock, Shutterstock)
Nazareth absorbed the most
In 2021, the total number of overnight stays in hotels was about 15.5 million - a decrease of 40% compared to 2019. Tourist person-nights amounted to about 800,000 - a decrease of 93% compared to 2019, and Israeli overnight stays amounted to about 14.7 million - an increase of 7% compared to 2019.
Occupancy The rooms of all hotels amounted to only 39%, compared to about 70% in 2019 - a decrease of 44%. In inbound tourism areas, annual room occupancy was even lower than average:
in Tel Aviv: annual occupancy of 28% compared to 76% in 2019 - decrease of 63%
in Jerusalem: occupancy of 21% compared to 72% - decrease of 71%
in Nazareth: occupancy of 12% compared to 72% - decrease of 83%
in Netanya: occupancy of 31% compared to 59% - decrease of 47%
in Tiberias: occupancy of 30% compared to 68% - decrease of 55% in
Haifa: occupancy of 38% compared to 65% - 42% decrease
in the tourist islands of Eilat and the Dead Sea:
In the Dead Sea: occupancy of 54% compared to 70% in 2019 - decrease of 23% and in
Eilat: occupancy of 63% compared to 73% - decrease of 14%
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Occupancy of 54% in 2021 compared to 70% in 2019.
Dead Sea Hotel (Photo: Official Website, Official Website)
"Applicable and prompt treatment required for the industry"
The hotel association responded: "The tourism industry has suffered the worst blow to the economy in the Corona crisis. In order for the tourism infrastructure in which billions have been invested over the years by the state not to go down the drain, the industry needs prompt and prompt treatment." 2022 against the background of uncertainty that continues due to the consequences of the corona plague. "
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