Already next month: Non-Israeli tourists will be allowed to visit the country, after more than a year in which the country's gates were closed • In the first phase, serological tests will be needed
Foreign tourists return to Israel
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Yossi Zeliger
Dramatic decision:
After more than a year, during which foreign tourists could not enter Israel, a date was set for the opening of the sky to non-Israeli tourists.
According to the announcement published by the Ministries of Health and Tourism, the tourists will arrive in Israel on May 23.
In the first phase, tourists will be allowed to enter Israel in groups only.
All tourists who enter Israel will be vaccinated and the goal is to allow entry in groups only, is the possibility to monitor the tourists if necessary.
The exact outline has not yet been formulated, but will be formulated in the coming days.
All tourists will be required to undergo PCR tests before boarding and serological tests that will prove receipt of the vaccine or recovery from Corona.
At the same time, contacts will be made with countries for mutual recognition of vaccination certificates, which may cancel the serological tests.
The decision to allow foreign tourists to enter Israel will greatly affect quite a few industries in Israel, including the hotels, restaurants, taxis and more.
Hotels in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, for example, relied about 70 percent on foreign tourism, before the Corona period.
Now, we are expected to see quite a few tourists who will come to visit the country and help rehabilitate the local economy.
"Israel's first citizens to enjoy vaccines"
Health Minister Yuli Edelstein: "Israel is the first vaccinated state, and the first citizens of Israel to enjoy it. After we opened the economy, it is time to facilitate tourism in a careful and calculated way. The disease. "
Minister of Tourism, Orit Farkash HaCohen: "I am pleased to give this first line to the industry.
The time has come for Israel to have the advantage of being a safe and healthy country, to help rehabilitate the Israeli economy and the tourism industry and not other economies.
Only the opening of the incoming international tourism will really succeed in bringing back the industry of tourism, restaurants, hospitality, sites, guides, commuters and many more who can return and earn a decent living.
I will continue to push for a full return of inbound tourism to Israel, which will greatly assist the Israeli economy and provide jobs that are so much needed today by many Israelis. "
