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All-time record high in tourist entries since the beginning of the year. 22% increase in March 2017 over last year.
A plot was discovered to smuggle a bomb onto a plane in an iPad and blow it up
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In 2016 Israel was visited by more than 2.9 million travelers from all over the world.
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25% Increase in the first two months of 2017 compared with Jan-Feb 2016.
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The visiting players will hold an exhibition match in Jerusalem with the Israeli Football team on Saturday evening, February 18.
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Established at the site of the sultan's stables, the Mellah was segregated for Jewish dwelling in 1558 by the Saadi dynasty which ruled Morocco from 1549 to 1659.
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Minister Miri Regev said “the uncovering of these finds joins a long list of discoveries that enlighten us about our historic past, a past that is manifested in our country’s soil and in the writings of the Book of Books.”
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"Israeli tourists by now have figured that every place is dangerous, which is why economic considerations overcome security concerns."
By Rachel Gross
Special postcards from Israel sell for hundreds of dollars.
The trains are running again and back on schedule, with infrastructure maintenance finished for the time being, according to Israel Railways.
The project is part of the ministry’s efforts to promote innovation and to diversify and improve the tourist experience in Israel.
47,000 Chinese tourists visited Israel ( 以色列 ) last year, and the Tourism Ministry hopes that figure will reach 100,000 by the year 2018.
A U.S. journalist has been arrested in the southeastern Hatay province in Turkey, near the Syrian border.
By JNi.Media
“The confidence factor that Turkey projected abroad has eroded."
The plane turned around to pick up the missing guards.
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Popular linguist Avshalom Kor on Thursday morning offered an explanation, siding with the reporters and chiding their editors.
By JNi.Media
In the category of Family Well-Being, Israel is ranked 3rd, behind Australia and Austria.
Geek Picnic, the largest pop-science, tech, and arts festival in Eastern Europe, opened its gates to the Israeli public on Monday, molding science, fantasy, and entertainment together for the first time outside Europe.
By JNi.Media
An estimated 1.5 million tourists visit sites across Judea and Samaria annually.
By JNi.Media
It was, actually, a very clever idea, the kind of clever idea that can easily end up killing people, and may have done so on Brussels' bloody Tuesday.
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"Be careful about soups and all other side dishes since Cubans like to use pork in just about everything."
The Galilion hotel features 120 luxury rooms, a large conference center, a health spa and a swimming pool.
It didn't feel crowded because simultaneously more than 3 million Israeli citizens traveled abroad during the year.
By JNi.Media
"Some travelers will be carrying boxes of matzoh, which are consumed as part of the Passover ritual. Matzoh can be machine or handmade and are typically very thin and fragile, and break easily."
By Shalom Bear
Islamic harassment and police restrictions have significantly reduced the number of visitors to the Temple Mount in 2015.
US forbade Kuwait Airways from discriminating against Israelis, but instead airways dropped NYC-London flight.
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
Israel’s largest airport was chosen among 10 other international airports as the Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards for 2015.
Moscow advised citizens not to travel during the holidays due to supposed health risks in the U.S. and security risks elsewhere. Israel, chummy with Moscow, was not mentioned.
By JNi.Media
It is astonished by all the gastronomic influences: Russian, Polish, Arabic, Moroccan, Bulgarian, Iraqi, which “can coax a world of flavors out of the most humble potato.”
They hope to reduce the cost of vacationing in Israel by about 20% over five years.
The Russian Aeroflot airline company is adding flights on the Moscow and St. Petersburg routes to and from Israel and soon will be flying 37 times a week. The increase service follows the cessation of service from TransAero, whose license was suspended in Russia, and also reflects the large number of Russian immigrants and increased […]
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The Tourism Bureau estimated that the incoming tour cancellations for the winter season will be about 25%
Poor weather conditions and low fuel forced the flight to divert to Israel.
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El Al has announced on Thursday signing an agreement with Boeing to purchase four new Boeing Dreamliner 787-9 and five new 787-8.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Dept. of Transportation rejected a Kuwait Airways appeal that tried to rationalize discrimination.
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has announced it will cancel its Tel Aviv-Copenhagen, citing both “political instability” and ‘’increasing costs and competition." The service, which is offered four times a week and which began three years ago, will end in March following a temporary suspension this summer because of staffing problems. SAS also said it will eliminate […]
Statistics show an increase of over 40% on 2014 and an almost complete return to the 2013 numbers.
By Kosher Today
The High Holiday Israeli vacation season is one of the nest ever, according to travel officials. Major hotels in Israel are filled to capacity, and thousands of apartments have been rented to tourists who will be spending the holiday in Israel. The robust tourist season indicates that tourists are not worried about growing unrest in […]
Delta is picking up traffic American Airlines will lose when it halts its Philadelphia-Tel Aviv route in January.
Kosher meat and dairy sandwiches now are available at four Heathrow Airport terminals, according got Kosher Today. The London international hub offers kosher food at the White House Smith stories in terminals 2, 3, 4 and 5. Kosher food increasingly is available at major international airports, and travel experts said that the London airport can […]
The airport workers; committees new excuse to shut down the airport is to hold a solidarity strike with the Israel Broadcasting Authority.
More than 200,000 Israelis ride the train every day, except Shabbat, a new record.
Update: The union has called off the strike after reaching an agreement with the Airport Authority.
The long-planned and long-delayed high-speed train between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem is getting closer Israel Railways has begun to lay tracks for the western section of the line in the Ayalon Valley, west of Jerusalem. The target date for launching passenger train on the new line is January 2018, 17 years after construction began. The […]
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“Families should not be stuck paying hidden fees, or buying ‘premium’ seats, simply because they wish to be seated together on crowded flights."
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Rio De Janeiro’s Jewish community will open two synagogues to accommodate Jewish visitors at the 2016 Olympics.
Approximately 70,000 passengers on 430 flights will have passed through Ben Gurion Airport by the end of Thursday, making it the busiest day of the year so far. Tourism is up by approximately 7 percent, and 1.7 million passengers are expected to arrive and depart at the airport next month. Israel suffered a sharp decline […]
By JNi.Media
Jerusalem and Jerusalem's David's Citadel and King David Hotel made the top 10.
Europe's low-fare airline will fly three routes to the Ovda Airport, northwest of Eilat.
Israeli physician Dr. Yuval Rabinovich reviews possible reasons 'why we have never met aliens.'
The airline apparently thought it could save some money by not paying for expensive ground time at JFK An El Boeing 747-400 plane carrying 342 passengers to New York turned back to Israel early Thursday after indications of low oil pressure in one engine. Safety apparently was not a consideration for flying to Israel since […]
Britain comes to Israel. Double-decker buses may appear on Israel's streets this year following an experiment by transportation officials and the Dan and Egged bus lines, Globes Business news reported. Egged used double-decker buses on inter-city routes more than 10 years ago until taking them off the roads because of technical problems. The new experiment […]
Passengers re-boarded a different plane this morning, 10 hours after the original take-off.
The "symbolic fee" would supposedly force an improvement in tourist services, but would the pope and Jimmy Carter fork up the shekels?
Tel Aviv beaches officially opened on Tuesday under the supervision of life guards and with the city distributing chess and checker board games for the beach crowd. There even will be a portable library for readers, and wireless Internet is available. Tel Aviv expects 9 million visitors before the official season ends on October 12. […]
A small plane departing for Russia burst into flames just before takeoff at noon Wednesday at Ben Gurion Intl Airport.
The Tourism Ministry is expecting about 130,000 visitors in Israel over the period of Passover and the Christian Holy Week. About 20 direct flights are expected in Ovdah airport in the Negev, bringing tourists from France, Russia and Britain to celebrate the Passover holidays in Eilat. Tourism in Israel is experiencing an uplift since the […]
While there's not much snow left, there are bike trails, hiking trails and extreme mountain sleds.
Richard White, 62, tried to attack a TSA agent Friday at New Orleans airport with a machete.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Israel was the sixth-highest source for tourists to Germany in 2014.
Spend the holiday at a ‘home away from home’ in Northern Israel.
El Al has canceled its popular 001 after-midnight flight from Ben Gurion Airport to JFK in New York because of the expected blizzard that is forecast to cripple the Northeast in the United States. Flight 027 to Newark, New Jersey will take off 11 hours late, and the flight from Newark to Tel Aviv will […]
China's Hainan Airlines plans to start flying between Beijing and Tel Aviv three times a week starting in September, reflecting the sharp rise in tourism and trade between Israel and China. Hainan, China's fourth largest airline, will be competing with El Al and also will fly on Shabbat, when El Al does not operate, and […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
We will continue bringing tourists to Israel, even when the tourism industry is in decline,” Birthright CEO Gidi Mark said of the free 10-day trips for Jews ages 18-26.
Excavations also turned up hidden tunnels dug by Jewish rebels in the period of the Bar Kokhba Revolt.
The crew and passengers began to throw up and their eyes turned red.
The US still considers Israel racist for denying visas to Arabs considered dangerous.
By Kosher Today
Coffee for five shekels a cup not available.
By Tzvi Zucker / Tazpit News Agency
In 2014, cruise ship traffic to Israel decreased by almost two-thirds in comparison with the year before.
One of the most effective weapons of an enemy is to destroy the opponent’s economy, and Jews are cooperating.
"I almost missed my flight. How could El Al act so irresponsibly?"
Four El Al flights were cancelled tonight at the last minute...
Boston will be the fourth city in the United States for El AL flight.
Were you on the plane? Let us know what really happened.
Wouldn’t be a lot easier if fanatic Haredim would simply charter their own planes?
Visitors from Ebola-stricken West African nations will be required to enter the U.S. from one of only five airports.
Ben Gurion Airport will carry out an exercise Friday morning simulating the arrival of an Ebola-infected passenger. The exercise will include initial questioning as well as evacuation and hospital treatment. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu instructed that preparations be increased at all entry points into Israel including preventive measures such as taking the temperature of passengers […]
By JTA
A simple solution for Haredi demands would be separate planes.
The US warns people to buy gas masks if visiting, Israel warns of world-wide anti-Semitism.
By Rachel Levy
The US State Department has renewed its warning to American citizens against traveling to Israel on the eve of 9/11, prior to the Jewish high holy days.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Tourism Minister Dr. Uzi Landau stated: "Israel is preparing for the 'day after'.
By Shalom Bear
Thousands of Israelis in Turkey have been trapped there due to the war with Gaza.
By Shalom Bear
Israel threatened to go disproportional on Gaza, if the FAA ban on US flights to Israel wasn't rescinded.
By Rachel Levy
Did the U.S. allow Hamas terrorists rule Israel's skies? Why would the Obama administration do that?
Last night, the FAA lifted their travel ban on flights to Israel.
Did El Al intentionally spike prices, or was the sudden jump in air fares the normal function of airline economics?
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
Tourism Minister: Proposal will strengthen the peace between Israel and Jordan.
The island is one of the most picturesque, obscure in the world: Located about 1800 kilometres off the south-eastern coast of Africa, Maritus is hardly a bastion of Judaism. The island population of 1.2 million is predominantly Hindu and Christian, with just 40 Jews. Turn back the clock to 1940, however, and the story was not […]
By Shalom Bear
With numbers like that, it's no wonder Israel never feels crowded.
A record 385,000 visitors entered Israel in April, according to statistics released Tuesday by the Ministry of Tourism. Three hundred forty two visitors stayed at least one night in Israel, 14 percent more than April 2013 and 31 percent more than in April 2011. Overall, the ministry said 1.16 million visitors entered Israel (including day visitors) […]
HAS and El Al are no longer flying the friendly skies together - and loyal customers are getting hurt the most.
If you are looking for a hotel room for Passover in Mitzpeh Ramon in the Central Negev, start looking elsewhere. Roman Abramovich, owner of Britain’s Chelsea soccer club, has booked all 111 rooms in the Beresheet Hotel in the mountain desert resort city, the London Daily Mail reported. Abramovich reportedly will fly to Israel today […]
By JTA
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled Wednesday against a Minnesota rabbi who claimed he was cut from an airline’s frequent flier program for earning too many miles. Rabbi Binyamin Ginsberg was one of Northwest Airlines’ top fliers when he was cut from its program in 2008. Northwest has since been absorbed by Delta. The rabbi, […]
Visitors to Israel will be able to use their foreign driving licenses for one year from their last time of entry if they have been outside of Israel for at least three months. Knesset Economics Committee on Monday corrected a contradiction in regulations to remove doubt on the validity of foreign licenses, and the changes […]
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
Along with the much needed rain that drenched Israel this past weekend, Tel Aviv experienced a different kind of rain – chocolates galore – at the city’s annual Chocolate Festival. From chocolate shwarmas and kebabs, to chocolate jewelry, sculptures, and even a chocolate spa, the festival took place at the old train station in Yafo […]
Had a Muslim woman been stopped for reading Islamic materials, it would be front page news everywhere.
U.S. government employees are forbidden from traveling anywhere on personal business in Judea and Samaria except for Bethlehem and Jericho, according to the government’s latest travel advisory. In language softer than previous warnings that scared the dickens out of anyone even thinking of visiting Israel, the advisory pointed out, “Over three million foreign citizens, including […]
By Kosher Today
Preparations are in full swing in nearly 150 destinations throughout the world to accommodate upward of 50,000 Jews who will be spending Passover in hotels, resorts, and other facilities. Israeli hoteliers are expecting a better than usual season, led by such flagship hotels as the David Citadel, the Jerusalem Ramada Renaissance, Inbal, and the King David in […]
Israel’s Tourism Ministry’s aggressive pitch to bring Christians to visit Israel has paid off with another record-breaking year for visitors, led by Americans and Russians who accounted for nearly 35 percent of tourists. Three-quarters of the tourists visited Jerusalem, and 68 percent arrived at the Western Wall, Israel’s most popular attraction. Only 28 percent of […]
By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency
At the age of 104, she decided the time had come to “live a little.”
July 24, 2026 
