The first quarter of 2017 recorded 739,000 tourists, 24% more than the same period last year; Only in March, arrivals were 293,000, 22% more than March 2016; In both cases it is a record. The news is reported by the Israeli newspaper Jerusalem Post.

According to the Ministry of Tourism, the estimated economic impact is 4 billion shekel (about 1 billion euros) and 5,000 new jobs.

As pointed out by the Minister of Tourism, Yariv Levin, it was not a coincidence, but the result of a strategy defined through the expansion and development of marketing activities on the one hand, and the increase of new routes and Airlines on the other, which contribute to the increase of visitors; of the 739,000 tourists, about 655,000 have, in fact, traveled by plane, 20% more than in the previous year.

The government is also committed to increase the supply of hotels through the renovation and construction of new facilities in the most visited places such as Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and the Dead Sea.

(ITALPRESS/MNA).

Source: medNews