November 2022
60 percent of pre-pandemic figures in July. Restrictions on the entry of foreign tourists to Israel were only fully lifted last March and the Tourism Ministry expected the number of visitors to Israel in 2022 to be between 2.2 and 2.5 million, well below the 2019 record of 4.55 million. Between January and September 2022, only 1.8 million visitors came to Israel, compared to 3.5 million in January-September 2019. Earlier in September, the Israel Airports Authority released a forecast suggesting that more than four million Israelis would fly abroad for the Jewish holidays which began in late September and will end on Tuesday. The most popular destinations for Israelis were Turkey, Greece, the United States, Italy, and England.
ISRAEL STRUGGLES TO BRING TOURISM FIGURES TO PRE-PANDEMIC LEVEL Between January and September 2022, only 1.8 million visitors came to Israel
W hile 277,700 visitors arrived in Israel in September 2022, this figure fell 39 percent compared to the record number of 436,500 visitors in 2019, before the Covid pandemic, according to the Jewish state’s Bureau of Statistics. The September figures were especially
disappointing for a holiday month when many Diaspora Jews traditionally travel to the country for vacation. A recovery of tourism in Israel is lagging behind the global average, which already exceeded
Situated at the entrance to the town of Arad and just a 25-minute drive from the Dead Sea, the Inbar Hotel has 100 modern rooms with cable T.V, complimentary safety deposit box and air conditioning. The hotel also has an indoor heated swimming pool and sauna. Arad,located in the Negev Desert in the southeast of Israel,is 600 meters above sea level and is blessed with a refreshingly arid,healthy climate.Because of its close proximity to the Dead Sea,the Inbar Hotel is an ideal starting point for organized tours and desert trips throughout the Negev. Other major tourist sites, such as Masada, the Ein Gedi Nature reserve, Tel Arad, Sussia, Sodom Mountain and Ein Bokek, are all within close driving distance of the hotel and easily accessible. The hotel’s reservations center will be happy to assist in organizing tours and desert jeep trips as well as providing information on any other outdoor activities.
38 Yehuda St., Arad 89109 Israel | Tel. for reservations: 972-8-9973303 E-mail: inbar_hotel@bezeqint.net Website: www.hotel-inbar.com
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