Tourism Ministry

Israeli airlines to provide exit route for tourists fleeing war with Iran, Tourism Ministry says

The Tourism Ministry has opened new aviation channels for those wishing to leave the country via Israeli airlines. A dedicated emergency system has been launched for tourists in urgent cases.

El Al plane takes off at the Ben Gurion International Airport, outside of Tel Aviv, March 5, 2026.
ISRAELIS VOLUNTEER at the site where a missile fired from Iran hit and caused major damage in Beit Shemesh, outside of Jerusalem, March 4, 2026.

Over 1,700 Iran strike evacuees living in hotels after the start of Operation Rising Lion

People visit a tourism conference at the Israel Trade Fairs and Convention Center in Tel Aviv, on February 3, 2026.

IMTM 2026 draws bigger crowds as Israel tests the first steps of tourism’s return

 Ben Gurion Airport

Israel turns to Christian pilgrims, diaspora ties, AI to reboot post-war tourism


Is Israel's Tourism Ministry cursed?

Eight out of last 12 tourism ministers didn't even last a year

Tel Aviv mayoral candidate Asaf Zamir casts his vote in the municipal elections on Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Israel Start-Up Nation cycling promotes Tourism Ministry at Tour de France

The sponsorship goes along with the philosophy of the team, to present Israel as a normal society with normal people living normal lives, in the hopes that will attract visitors and warm relations.

Israel Start-Up Nation cycling promotes Tourism Ministry at Tour de France

Israel's hotel sector expected to bounce back within five years

Industry experts predict hotel revenue rates to return to 2019 levels by 2025 thanks to Israel's resilience.

The Market House Hotel

Tourism Ministry to create plan to prevent rape, increase safety at hotels

The ministry will also publish an annual list of hotels that have met the program's standards.

Israelis take part in a demonstration in support of the 16-year-old victim of a gang rape in Eilat, Tel Aviv. August 22, 2020

Unemployed tour guides offered new positions in schools

The move comes as a blessing as many schools are struggling to make the necessary accommodations to enable students to learn in accordance with the new coroanvirus restrictions.

The Tourism Ministry offices in Jerusalem. A subsidiary of the ministry is scheduled to move to Tel Aviv.

Israeli tour guides are hit hard by corona

Israel has 25,000 small tourism businesses with between one and 10 employees, including tour guides. Now, they don't have any business.

Shulie Mishkin in northern Israel

Welcome to beautiful Elbatouf!

Despite the tremendous historic and religious significance of this site, and the touristic potential, the area had been largely neglected by both the central governments

The Rumat El Heib agricultural fields

Israel boasts an eight percent annual increase in tourism for January

Almost 270,000 tourists came into the country via international flights, also about 8% more than last January and almost 18% more than two years ago.

A general view of Tel Aviv's skyline is seen through a hotel window in Tel Aviv, Israel May 15, 2017. Picture taken May 15, 2017

Record 4.5 million tourists visited Israel in 2019

"It took us 30 years, from 1948, to reach the millionth tourist. Another 16 years in 1994 to reach second millionth tourist."

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Israel welcomes record-breaking 4.55 million tourists in 2019

The leading source countries for incoming tourism between January and November 2019 were the United States, followed by France, Russia, Germany and Britain.

Tourists look at the Dome of the Rock, located in Jerusalem's Old City on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, June 21, 2018.