Jerusalem's local Santa Claus, Issa Kassissieh, does this annually at places across Israel.
The applications will create an influx of more than NIS 172 million in investment in movie and TV productions in Israel, according to the Tourism Ministry.
A new initiative also aims to improve popular sites’ infrastructure
New hotels are springing up at an impressive rate in Israel, with major international players investing heavily as they count on the revived tourism industry.
From Israel with love: The Tourism Ministry aired this commercial to prepare for the "slow season" which comes after the summer and the holidays.
A senior Palestinian official welcomed the move, provided it applied to Jewish settlements only.
Tourism Minister Yoel Razbozov's aim, he says, is to increase Chinese tourism in Israel to up to 10 million Chinese tourists annually by 2030.
Despite the pandemic delivering the haymaker of the century, the tourism industry in Israel is getting back on its feet/
To help deal with congestion and shortage of workers, the ministries will set up a dedicated website for vacancies in tourism-related industries.
The villages of Kfar Kama in the Lower Galilee, Neot Smadar in the southern Negev, and Zippori were selected out of 17 potential candidates.
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