Senior incoming tourism bureau contacted PM in letter: "40,000 jobs are in danger, without tourism there is no rise to the periphery"
Heads of incoming tourism: "Courses". Pictured: Ben Gurion Airport during the Corona
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Yossi Seliger
Danny Amir, chairman of the Bureau of Inbound Tourism Organizers in Israel, and Yossi Fattal, CEO of the Bureau, addressed a letter to Prime Minister Netanyahu in a call to save the inbound tourism industry in Israel - an industry that generates income of NIS 8 billion a year for the state coffers.
According to them, they do not only apply on behalf of the 140 business companies incorporated in their office, but on behalf of the entire industry. "Organized tourism to Israel directly generates about 40,000 jobs and contributes employment and income to more than 150,000 people," they stressed. "Without inbound tourism, there will be no economic rebellion for many peripheral areas and economically dependent cities for inbound tourism."
The bureau, like other sectoral organizations in Israeli society who felt anxious about abandoning the state, offered their own outline to save the industry. It includes extending the existing IAI plan for incoming tourism workers; adding an IAA plan tailored for another three months; Updating support fund conditions from 50% to 75%; Support budget for business frameworks whose activities are frozen; Immediately set a target date for the opening of the sky on September 1 and a procedure for accelerating the return of organized tourist groups to Israel.