It's Happening Tomorrow: The Sky Opens - Everything You Need to Know | Israel today

"After two years that included a lot of restrictions, changes and dramas - the sky is open to all Israeli tourists who want to vacation abroad, along with additional facilities in many countries around the world. Starting tomorrow, all Israelis, including children To (to the countries that receive them) and return to Israel without the need for full isolation.

This means aligning the vaccinated and recovering with those who have not been vaccinated at all and they will all be under the same definition in terms of the State of Israel back to Israel - a check after landing at Ben Gurion Airport and a short isolation until the answer to the same test, or 24 hours, whichever is earlier.

It is important to remember that most countries in the world do not accept tourists who have not been vaccinated or recovered, so those who have not been vaccinated or recovered will often have to choose from a much more limited supply.

Destinations that also receive tourists who have not been vaccinated or recovered include Dubai, Mexico, England, Hungary, India and other countries.

Countries that do not accept tourists who have not been vaccinated or recovered are more numerous and include, among others, the United States, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Thailand and more.

Record demand for flights abroad, Photo: Coco

At the same time, starting tomorrow, the obligation to inspect before returning to Israel will be abolished.

To date, all returnees to Israel have been required to perform a PCR test within 72 hours or an institutional antigen test within 24 hours before the flight to Israel.

From tomorrow, everything will change and Israelis will not have to perform the tests before returning to Israel.

As stated, it will still be necessary to carry out the test after landing at Ben Gurion Airport.

Following the removal of the restrictions, there is a very significant jump in demand for vacations abroad from the coming weeks to the peak expected during Pesach and the summer months. Nir Mazor, VP of Aviation Relations Marketing Sharp demand for vacations of tens of percent. Due to the removal of restrictions on vaccinated in most destinations of the world, there is a great demand for family trips with children. August across all the top destinations.On Passover the popular destinations: Dubai, European capitals like Rome Madrid and London leading the booking table alongside the exotic destinations like Maldives Seychelles and Thailand.Also, due to the favorable prices when booking holidays today,There is a growing interest in booking summer holidays for couples and families mainly to Greece and the islands as well as to Italy along with the demand for flights and longer trips for families to Thailand, USA and even Central America Mexico and Costa Rica. To the forebears. '

The foreign tourists return

After two full years with almost no tourists, starting tomorrow they will return to Israel without differences between vaccinated and recovering and those who have not been vaccinated or recovered.

The person who promoted the move is the Minister of Tourism, Yoel Rezbozov, and the urgency these days was to open the country's gates to tourists for the spring (Passover) and summer months.

The decision means that starting tomorrow, foreign tourists will be able to arrive regardless of their immune status, including children - which means that already this Passover, we are expected to see tourists coming to Israel in a family format.

The decision is expected to help the tourism industry in Israel, the guides who went through a difficult period, the hotels, restaurants, the owners of the attractions and everyone who makes a living from the industry that just before the corona reached almost five million foreign tourists who landed in Israel.

The Philippines has also opened its gates to vaccinated Israeli tourists, Photo: AFP

Foreign tourists will have to pass one more inspection than Israelis entering the country.

Any foreign tourist who wants to visit Israel will have to perform a corona check before arriving in Israel and another check after landing in Israel.

Like Israelis returning from abroad, foreign tourists will have to stay in solitary confinement until a reply or 24 hours at most, a policy similar to that in some countries, including Thailand. Airlines and hotels are already reporting a sharp increase in demand from foreign tourists for vacations in Israel. Assaf Ben Dov The vice president of marketing for Africa Israel Hotels, which owns the Vert and Crowne Plaza hotels, commented on the dramatic decision that will take effect tomorrow: The upcoming is going to be a sign of freedom and family.The mix of invitations is for families and couples.

There is a strong demand for Passover in all parts of the country, including an increase in Jewish tourism as a result of the possibility of hosting children / families.

Good prices can be found for those who book early. "

Hila Hermolin Ronen, VP of Marketing and Sales at Israir, reports on the jump in demand for flights: "In recent weeks, with the decline in morbidity and the various facilitations in entering and leaving the various countries in the world and in Israel, we see hundreds of percent increase in Passover bookings. The Israelis book family vacations after a long period in which they have hardly visited abroad.

There is also an increase of hundreds of percent in tourists coming to Israel and especially for family visits in the coming holiday.

We expect that the summer bookings that have already begun will continue to increase as long as the situation is maintained as it is and the summer this year will be full of passengers passing through Ben Gurion Airport.

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