Israel’s tourism industry in a forward swing

Israel received 2.1 million tourists during the first half of the year 2018, depicting an increase of 19 per cent compared to the same period in 2017 (1.74 million) and 26 per cent more than in 2016.

In the month of June, 310,200 tourists visited Israel, according to reports released Monday by the Central Bureau of Statistics, which is 2 per cent more than in June 2017. Revenue from tourism in June reached about 1.66 billion shekels, according to the report.

Since the beginning of the year, tourism industry could contribute 12 billion shekels to the Israeli economy.

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“The marketing efforts and activities that we are spearheading in the ministry are leading us to new records; for the first time, we have crossed the 2 million mark for tourist entries over the course of half a year. I am pleased to see that the first half of the year has borne the fruit of our intensive marketing endeavours and activities around the world,” said Tourism Minister Yariv Levin (Likud)

“In advance of the winter season, we are already seeing an increase in the number of flights from Europe to Eilat, with new airlines joining this drive. I am sure that all tourism-related enterprises will feel these results in the tourism industry, which contributes tens of billions of dollars every year to the Israeli economy,” he added.