The tourism industry comes back to life: Hotels in Israel opened today in almost full format • The spas, pools and gyms also returned due to the sharp decline in morbidity
After long months during which the hotels were almost completely closed, this morning most of the hotels around the country opened.
Many media teams from all over the world came to the hotel area in Tel Aviv to cover the great success of the State of Israel, which appears to be the first to open almost entirely thanks to a successful vaccination campaign.
Yaniv Zohar
In the coming days the opening will be expanded and more hotels will join the return to routine in accordance with the green sign guidelines.
Those allowed to enter the hotels at this stage, are only vaccinated and recovering, alongside children under the age of 16 who will arrive with a negative corona test result from the 48 hours prior to arrival.
All guests submit their vaccinated or recovering certificate to the hotel reception staff, at which point it is also possible to arrive with a printed certificate, until the app works smoothly and without glitches.
During a visit to the Carlton Hotel in Tel Aviv, the hotel's general manager Yossi Nabi recounts the excitement of reopening, “We were missing it, we are excited to receive the guests who come here to relax alongside the green and purple character guidelines.
At this stage we serve the meals in trays for the rooms, but the heated pool on the roof is open, all other areas of the hotel are open and of course vaccinated and recovering can come and relax with us on the shores of Tel Aviv with a full sense of security. "
Rauma Logsi, VP of the Herods Hotel at the Dead Sea, commented on the opening in full format, including dining rooms, “We are excited to reopen the Green Island and we are the first hotel to open here in the area.
We work according to the green and purple mark, everyone must come with the vaccinated or recovering certificate and we encourage everyone to get vaccinated and tomorrow we will bring a vaccine mobile for the few staff members who have not been vaccinated.
Those who are not resilient among the employees undergo tests and everything to keep the vacationers in the safest and most comfortable way. "
"The hotels will open slowly, our beaches are already open, everyone who comes is inspected by our inspectors who has a certificate of recovery. We are all waiting for you to come to us for a vacation. Nir Wagner, head of the Tamar Regional Council.
Hotel dining rooms will open in exactly two weeks, but until then, one-on-one spa treatments can also be run.
The spa treatments are also intended for the vaccinated and recovering only.
Naomi Horowitz, owner of Sheva Spa at the Hilton Hotel in Tel Aviv, told Israel Today, "I'm so excited to start the week where I call it my second home, the spa, my private baby. How I waited for this day to reopen, like putting oxygen in my lungs. I "Hopefully we can now return to a healthy routine of continuous work. The spa will open under the guidance of the purple character and on this occasion we will wish a return to a healthy and blessed routine for all an artist."
Anat Strick Dahan, Deputy CEO of Israel Canada Hotels, which opened the chain's hotels in Eilat, Ashdod, Tel Aviv and Nofi Golan today, spoke about the opening. The hotels below. "
Moshe Ben Simhon
Gordon Pool, one of Tel Aviv's icons, opened today at 1:30 p.m., with dozens of swimmers and trainees at the pool belonging to the pool waiting in line excitedly.
In a conversation with Yosef Gilboa, the first to arrive at the pool today, he says, "I have been swimming here at Gordon's Pool for fifty years, since it closed during the Corona period I have not visited here and it has not been easy. I am happy to return, swim and exercise."
At the same time, dozens of trainees returned to Gordon's gym on the shores of Tel Aviv and there was also great excitement.
All trainees and swimmers presented to the gym and pool staff their vaccination or recovery certificates in a simple process that lasted a few seconds.
The gyms also opened today after five months in which the day is closed.
Keren Shatui, the chain's CEO, said in an interview with Israel Today, "We installed air filtration systems and prepared all the clubs, only heating the swimming pools took us 72 hours, but I am happy to announce that this morning we opened our 52 clubs around the country.
To enter the club it is necessary to present a vaccinated or recovering certificate.
"Some customers are angry that they can not enter the club and I turn to them - we are not to blame for this decision, we are implementing government decisions."