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Record of Sukkot hikers: More than 1.2 million visited nature reserves and gardens

According to the Nature and Parks Authority, the number of visitors increased by 23% compared to Sukkot and the Sabbath in 2019, in the shadow of the Corona epidemic that left many Israelis traveling around Tishrei around the country instead of abroad. Discover sites they did not know "

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Yoav Itiel

Tuesday, 28 September 2021, 17:10 Updated: 17:19

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In the video: Travelers in Israel (Nature and Parks Authority - Photographers: Oren Amit, Shlomit Shavit, Meital Aharon)

More than 1.2 million hikers visited the nature reserves and national parks during Sukkot and the Sabbath - an all-time record - according to the Nature and Parks Authority (RTG) today (Tuesday). and Ein Gedi nature reserve. also, about 150 thousand travelers visited today, Simchat Torah, the genes Tel Ashkelon, Beit Guvrin and Palmachim and others.

according to NPA, is an increase of 23% compared to the days of Sukkot Chol Hamoed in 2019. year That at that time a general closure was imposed across the country due to the eruption of the corona.

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An all-time traveler record.

Guidance in Nahal Maarot (Photo: Nature and Parks Authority, Adva Peretz)

The leading sites in the number of travelers

• Yarkon Tel Afek National Park: 34,000

• Ein Gedi Nature Reserve: 30,000

• Caesarea National Park: 27,000

• The Garden of the Three (Hasahna): 21 thousand

• Tel Ashkelon National Park: 21,000

• Cliffs Springs Nature Reserve: 17,000

• Maayan Harod National Park: 16,000

• Banias Reserve: 15,000

• Beit Guvrin National Park: 14,000

• Besor National Park (Eshkol Park): 14,000

Raya Soraki, director of the Public and Community Brigade at RTG, said that the authority was prepared ahead of time for the large number of travelers that was expected during the Tishrei holiday period, especially due to the decrease in travel abroad in the shadow of the corona.

"In 2019, 80,000 tourists visited the sites during the holiday, and this year, despite a significant decrease in inbound tourism, Israeli travelers brought about a significant increase."

"The employees of the Nature and Parks Authority are in a three-month sequence busy with public absorption from the beginning of the summer and the Tishrei holidays, and will probably require hard work at the end of the holiday to clean the open spaces and return to routine, ahead of the autumn season and migration."

Travelers throughout Israel in a place abroad. Hamat Tiberias (Photo: Nature and Parks Authority, Sarit Palatzi)

Art and story corner in wildlife, Yotvata (Photo: Nature and Parks Authority, Mazi Magenji Moskowitz)

Meanwhile, during this period, RTG inspectors handled 23 rescue incidents of hikers who suffered mainly from dehydration and slipping. Five of them walked on an unmarked trail, and another six acted in violation of the hike guidelines in the same area. 669, due to the difficult terrain conditions.

In two cases, the inspectors dealt with fatalities: one as a result of drowning, and the other belonged to the retired RTG inspector Peretz Giladi.

Sand Sculpture Competition, Palmachim (Photo: Nature and Parks Authority, Orit Steinfeld)

Visitors to the Olive Falls (Photo: Nature and Parks Authority, Ido Tal)

"We prepared for activities that match life in the shadow of the corona, in order to further enrich the visiting experience of travelers, and in doing so we extended the visiting hours at most sites. We recognize the opportunity of Israelis to discover sites they did not know - even those close to where Also for sites in the periphery, "Sourki concluded.

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