Tourism

How travelers can stay safe: Identity checks, data protection and smart habits abroad

Learn how identity checks, encryption and smart habits keep a traveler's documents, payments and accounts safe on the road, from hotel check-in desks to public Wi-Fi.

How to protect your identity and personal data while traveling abroad.
An Arkia airplane is seen in the sky above Tel Aviv, March 8, 2026.

After Morocco, Tokyo ticket troubles, Arkia launches discounted eSIM deal for passengers

ONE OF the beaches in Pacific Paradise.

Fiji has set its sights on Israeli travelers, Fijian ambassador to Israel says

Demonstration against the Chabad House in Thailand.

Thailand revokes chief rabbi’s citizenship, rattling Jewish community as Israeli tourism continues


Two Tel Aviv luxury hotels rank among Middle East's best in international travelers' poll

Condé Nast Traveler magazine published the results of its 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards on Oct. 6, ranking the David Kempinski 11th among Middle Eastern hotels with a score of 95.02.

The David Kempinski Hotel in central Tel Aviv.

Choosing love: Street party in Tel Aviv on Election Day

Music, food, design, tattoos, and drinks: The VOTE LOVE event will take place on October 27 in Tel Aviv. Entrance is free, and visitors can arrive before or after voting.

VOTE LOVE event by LoveMakers.

Ezuz to be authorized, transformed into tourist village

The Israel Land Authority approved a plan for the small community, including 316 accommodation units, a hotel, commercial and tourism complexes, cafes, galleries, and an archaeological park.

The desert community will become a tourist village featuring hundreds of accommodation units. A guest cabin in Ezuz.

Israeli man killed in motorcycle accident in southern Thailand, Foreign Ministry confirms

The precise circumstances of the accident have not yet been released, although neither news reports nor official ministry statements suggest foul play.

Bangkok, Thailand.

Jerusalem opens its doors: Free Open House tours this month

For six days in October, private homes, unique buildings, and sites usually kept behind closed doors will open to the public as part of the Open House festival.

The Chicken Coop House in Jerusalem.

'We won't stop hiking': Upper Galilee council head demands IDF action after tragedy

Asaf Langleben urged the IDF to search hiking areas for unexploded ordnance following a deadly incident, but said local hikes would continue.

Rescue forces respond to explosion in northern Israel, October 12, 2026.

Israel's tourism sector has suffered serious neglect. B'Yachad will fight to fix it - opinion

The years-long neglect of Israel’s tourism sector is now having a negative ripple effect across the entire economy.

The writer alongside Naftali Bennett during a visit to the Gaza Envelope region.

A casualty of war: Israel's breathtaking historical site remains out of reach after October 7

St. George’s Monastery is a microcosm of that overlapping alphabet soup reality where security, tourism, settlements, and land intersect. 

INTERIOR OF one of the rooms at St. George's Monastery.

'It's a death sentence for the Kinneret': The battle over signs warning of brain-eating amoeba

Tiberias Mayor Yossi Nava attacks the Health Ministry's demand to post warning signs at Sea of Galilee beaches following the death of a child infected with Naegleria fowleri.

The child who died from the amoeba swam here. Kursi Beach on the Kinneret.

Haifa's glowing Bahá'í terraces draw more than 9,400 visitors in two nights

Thousands of visitors filled Haifa’s Bahá'í Gardens for a rare nighttime opening, with illuminated terraces, cultural activities and access to the Shrine of the Báb.

The steps leading to the Bahá'í Shrine in Haifa, Israel.