HOTELS
June 2024
THE MINISTRY OF TOURISM INCREASING THE SUPPLY OF LODGING ROOMS IN ISRAEL
The plan includes cancelling the ban on the establishment of lodging rooms in a rural texture T he sub-committee for principled planning issues in the planning
urban envelope; Enable the transformation into a hotel of buildings for conservation that are currently in open areas. Minister of Tourism Haim Katz: “The program we are promoting will dramatically increase the supply of lodging rooms in Israel, encourage competition and lead to diversity in the tourism product. The amendment will encourage entrepreneurs, remove excess regulation and is expected to change the tourism map”. public space, within which the “Railway” promenade along the railroad will be turned into an open public space. Minister of Tourism, Haim Katz, said: “The tender result is an expression of confidence in the tourism industry. Even these days, entrepreneurs are looking ahead to the day after and the tourism potential in the north of the country. The new hotel will contribute to economic and occupational development in the entire region. The Ministry of Tourism under my leadership will continue to work to diversify and increase the hotel offer and to promote competition”.
directorate will discuss amendments that will
encourage entrepreneurs and remove bureaucratic barriers to increase the number of lodging rooms that can be built in rural areas. The sub-committee will advise up to 25% mixed uses of commerce and housing in the area is intended for tourism; Cancel the ban on the establishment of lodging rooms in a rural texture integrated into the adapted to families in order to create a special experience. At the moment there is no official date for the opening of the hotel, as these are very preliminary stages of winning the tender. The lot on which the hotel will be built is part of a tourism and recreation site of approximately 103 dunams in the zoo complex in the city, which includes a hotel area, a tourist attraction for the zoo with displays of animals and plants, an amphi-park, a visitor center, playgrounds and facilities, seating areas, plazas , promenades and shading facilities. In addition to this, an area of about five dunams will be established for the benefit of an open
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A new hotel will be built in Kiryat Motzkin. According to Shalom Shitrit, owner of the Shattit company, the hotel, it is expected to include 120 rooms on an area of 3,535 square meters, and supposed to be designed in a Eurodisney style. According to Shitrit, the company won the tender to build the new hotel, it will be
A EURODISNEY STYLE HOTEL WILL BE BUILT IN ISRAEL The new hotel will be built in the zoo complex in Kiryat Motzkin and will include 120 rooms on an area of 3,535 square meters
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