Tourism Ministry

Becoming Israel’s Tuscany: Gov’t launches ‘Biblical Trail’ initiative to promote West Bank tourism

The NIS 3.2 million tourism project will include an accessible promenade and suspension bridge connecting the Eilon Moreh Heritage Center with the summit of the Mount Kabir Nature Reserve.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Israeli officials lay cornerstone of the new "Joshua Trail," the first in its "Biblical Trails" initative, near Elon Moreh, September 24, 2026.
Blue and white trail marker painted on a stone shows the direction of travel along a hiking trail.

Israeli Tourism Month returns with nationwide activities

The Tourism Ministry initiative will take place in November with around 1,000 guided tours, hundreds of attractions and experiences at discounts of 25% and up, and discounted accommodation packages.

|ByMEITAL SHARABI
The market in the Arab Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City. August 24, 2026.

Jewish, Muslim, Christian Jerusalem Old City vendors say reduced tourism is harming businesses

Vendors pointed to a shortage of flights, high airfares, and lingering fears abroad about security as the main reasons traffic into Israel has suffered.

|BySAM HALPERN
Airport staff walks through the empty arrivals hall at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv on June 13, 2025, after Israel closed its air space to takeoff and landing.PremiumPremium

A land with no tourists: Israel's summer season on ice again as tourism struggles to recover

Israel’s tourism sector is in tatters, but officials are hopeful it will rebound when fighting stops and airlines return

|ByRUTH MARKS EGLASH

Tourism Ministry to use NIS 300m. on upgrading Israel's tourist infrastructure

The ministry aims to increase incoming tourism to reach its goal of 10 million incoming tourists a year.

JUNE 15, 2022ByZACHY HENNESSEY
Travellers stand in line to check-in at Ben Gurion International Airport, on June 13, 2022.

Christian travelers: Everything you need to know to visit Israel

Opinion: Christine Darg takes you step by step through the entry process.

MARCH 31, 2022ByCHRISTINE DARG
Restarting tourism: Israel welcomes first foreign group since March 2020

Why I love Israel. It's not about Armageddon

Opinion: "I wanted our people to hear your story," writes Pastor Greg Laurie.

MARCH 7, 2022ByPASTOR GREG LAURIE
The Tel Aviv beach – before the pandemic.

Only 7% of Evangelicals have been to Israel - survey 

Some 40% of Evangelicals are "extremely interested" in visiting the country.

MARCH 4, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A South Korean delegation at the Feast of Tabernacles

Tour guides skeptical of Tourism Ministry’s latest effort to revive industry

The Tourism Ministry has committed to grant a NIS 25 million budget for guided tours for the general public by hiring qualified tour guides.

FEBRUARY 2, 2022ByZACHY HENNESSEY
Independent business owners and workers from the tourism sector protest, calling for financial support from the Israeli government, outside the Ben Gurion International Airport, on December 13, 2021

Tourism Ministry back to work as NIS 25 million is allocated to tours for general public

"This is the first step towards the tour guides’ return to employment - something that has not happened for nearly two years."

FEBRUARY 1, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Left to right: Chair of the Israel Tour Guides Association Ganit Peleg, Tourism Ministry Director-General Dani Shahar and Acting CEO, Israel Nature and Parks Authority Raya Shurki in the Tourism Ministry offices.

Israel launches site to keep tourists updated on COVID-19 restrictions

Following the reopening of Israel's skies, the Tourism Ministry took the initiative to launch a COVID-19 information center for incoming tourists.

JANUARY 10, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
The Tourism Ministry's new landing page for news on tourism in Israel amid COVID-19

Israel's Bennett pushes tourism industry assistance package

The joint assistance package comes amid new restrictions and worries regarding the novel Omicron variant of the coronavirus.

DECEMBER 16, 2021ByBEN ZION GAD
Tourists look at a mobile phone as they stand at an observation point overlooking the Dome of the Rock and Jerusalem's Old City

How to bring our tourists back safely - opinion

Tourists were extremely regulated and restricted as most imported mutations came from returning Israelis, such as Israelis returning from Uman.

OCTOBER 10, 2021ByELIANA AARON
TRAVELERS WALK through Ben-Gurion Airport earlier this year.

COVID: Announcement on allowing tourists into Israel expected next week

A plan by the Tourism Ministry to reopen the country’s borders is now being examined by the Health Ministry.

OCTOBER 7, 2021ByROSSELLA TERCATIN
WILL GROUPS of young tourists – like this one from Uruguay – return soon to Israel?