In hotels and B & Bs in the north it is almost full, 2 new beaches will be opened in the Sea of Galilee • "The sequence of weekdays will attract crowds"
Preparations for reopening Plant Beach
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Gil Eliyahu, Ginny
Exposure to the north:
In a week and a half, Passover will take place - and in the Galilee, the Golan Heights and the Sea of Galilee, the number of travelers is expected to be much higher than average.
In hotels, country guest rooms and B & Bs the occupancy is already full or almost full.
In the Sea of Galilee, in order to cope with the load of travelers, two new beaches are expected to open - Tzemach and Susita - which will be added to the 15 existing beaches of the Kinneret Cities Association.
Nature sites and tourist attractions are also preparing to regulate the movement of travelers.
At Tzemach Beach, which closed three years ago, work continued yesterday in March to train bathers for the upcoming bathing season, which will officially open the next day.
Susita Beach in the east of the Sea of Galilee will also join the 15 beaches under the responsibility of the Kinneret Cities Association.
"We are preparing for a significant increase in the number of visitors in the Upper Galilee," declared CEO's economic Upper Galilee Regional Council, Meyer (Negro) Levi, "If Passover usually come
50-30 thousand travelers a day, so this time we understand that the number may grow to 80-70 thousand ".
Levy estimates that the reason for the estimated increase in the number of travelers lies not only in the gradual and rapid release of the corona restrictions, but also in the fact that the weekdays will apply this year from Monday to Friday - a change that may attract many religious and ultra-Orthodox travelers.
The Golan Regional Council expects about 100,000 visitors, while the head of the Jordan Valley Council and chairman of the Kinneret Cities Association, Idan Greenbaum, recalled that "last year we reached a peak of 2.5 million vacationers on the beaches.
This year, we will probably pass even those numbers. "