The Northern District Planning and Building Committee has approved the advancement of a plan to build a new hotel in Moshav Regba, located in the Western Galilee within the jurisdiction of the Mateh Asher Regional Council. The project will be a large-scale hotel featuring 185 new rooms, alongside preserved historical remains from the Crusader period and the Arab village of al-Samriya - which will be maintained and integrated into the complex.
The hotel will be built on a plot of approximately 30 dunams, adjacent to the BIG Regba shopping center. In addition to guest rooms, the complex will include commercial spaces, a tourist attraction open to the public, and structures designated for archaeological preservation. The hotel will be built around an internal street, with commercial space on the ground floor, and it will be integrated into the surrounding environment in a way that ensures public access to the historical sites.
The plan includes a total of 17,000 square meters for hotel use, about 2,500 square meters for tourist attractions, and approximately 8,800 square meters for commerce - creating a complementary hub to the existing hotels in the area. According to the Tourism Ministry, there is an advantage to concentrating multiple accommodation units in a single location.
The hotel is also intended to serve business travelers, with convenient transportation access, and is expected to attract families and vacationers throughout the year. Committee members note that this is a significant economic project that will strengthen the Western Galilee as a tourist destination, create new job opportunities, and increase revenue for local authorities.
“The North is on the right path to return to normal”
Chairman of the Northern District Committee, Boaz Yosef, emphasized: “Advancing this plan, which includes entrepreneurial investment in the hundreds of millions of shekels in the north, is further evidence that the northern region is on the right track to return to normal - perhaps even beyond what it was before the war. Local authorities cannot rely solely on residential development; it is essential to combine a proper mix of residential, commercial, and hotel spaces. This plan, in addition to its importance, will provide property tax revenue for the local authority and, of course, more employment opportunities.”
Northern District Planner at the Planning Administration, Dikla Adi Peretz, added: “Submitting this plan is part of the broader effort by the Northern District Committee to promote and strengthen tourism centers as an economic engine for the rehabilitation of northern communities and to complete the hospitality offerings currently lacking in this part of the Western Galilee.”
The plan was designed by Feigin Architects and was led by the Mateh Asher Regional Council and the project developers.