The tourism industry is preparing for a return to routine:
Following the government's announcement of the application of the tourist outline that will allow foreigners to enter Israel, the world of tourism and recreation is encouraging and hoping to end the most difficult year and a half spent on the industry.
However, there are those who believe that it will take a long time before incoming tourism returns to its previous state before the plague.
According to the outline, Israel will recognize the vaccines of Pfizer, Jansen, Moderna, Astraznica, Sinobak and SinoPharm.
Also, the policy restricts their tourists more than half a year has passed since they were vaccinated in the last dose.
That is, a tourist whose more than 180 days have passed when he leaves Israel will not be defined as a valid warehouse and will not be able to enter Israel.
Dr. Ophir Miller, Chairman of the Board of the Attractions Association, welcomed the outline and said: "The gradual return to a blessed routine and the return of tourists to Israel is an important step in accordance with the declining morbidity data. Compensation and discrimination against other industries and the government should pay attention to this.
The latest guidelines from the Green Character have in fact put the attractions in a quarrel, without calling it that. "
Tourist attractions,
"We have experienced a very significant decrease in the volume of activity, at the height of the season, ie the end of summer and the Tishrei holidays. Some of the attractions are small businesses in the periphery. Some have experienced a 70-80% decrease in activity volume. "However, to this day we have not received any response or outline for possible compensation for what was and no orderly plan to continue. Parallel branches identical to ours in terms of operating conditions continued to operate as usual, and only attractions were almost closed," Miller explained.
The hotel industry was also happy about the return of tourists, after a year and a half in which they depended only on domestic tourism.
"I welcome the decision to allow tourists to enter the country. The State of Israel will open its gates from November 1, after many countries around the world have already allowed it."
Said her father Magen, CEO of the Fattal hotel chain. "There is definitely room to facilitate as in other countries in the world and allow any tourist who has his green daughter in his country or who is immune to Corona, to enter the country after a quick check and simplify the process."
Hotels in Eilat.
// Photo: Yehuda Ben Itach,
Dafna, general manager of the Effendi Hotel in Acre, who completed the renovation last month following the riots last May, said:
This is a refreshing change we have not seen since the beginning of the corona.
We hope that the entry of tourists to Israel will help the recovery of tourism in Israel and Acre in particular. "
"Israel is thirsty for tourists."
Says Shai Berman, CEO of the Restaurant Association, who has been hit hard since tourists stopped coming to Israel. "We are waiting, the Israeli economy is waiting for that.
Since the holiday season, we feel a slowdown in demand.
There are many areas where without tourism the restaurant industry has no chance.
Like Jerusalem, Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Acre and Tiberias.
We hope that they will return soon, although we understand that it will take time until we return to the amount of tourists that will affect our business, "says Berman.
The tourists return // Photo: Oren Ben Hakon,
Yehuda Bar-Or, chairman of the Taxi Drivers' Association, also hopes that this move: "We will not go back to the pre-corona period yet, as these are only vaccinated."
