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The rate stood frequenting hotels in Israel in June and July at fifty per cent compared to about eighty per cent in the same period of last year, as record cancel bookings and declining revenue from foreign tourism increased by thirty per cent since the start of the war on Gaza three weeks ago. , according to data released by the Federation of Israeli tourism agencies.
Hui and frequenting hotels in the southern regions and in the Negev during the campaign "shelf steadfast" to the lowest level, and the rate of decline in bookings to twenty percent in the overwhelming majority of the crews of the world press covering the war on Gaza.
It is estimated that the Federation of Israeli hotels Total direct damage to the hospitality sector and the tourism industry as a result of Palestinian rocket fire and the suspension of international aviation to Ben Gurion airport by about 700 million dollars, and may continue to decline in revenues from tourism to reach one billion dollars until next fall.
The total Palestinian resistance rockets deep into Israel during the current war, as opposed to the wars in "Cast Lead" from 2008 to 2009, and the "pillar of cloud" in the year 2012, where the limited range of the rockets at the Negev and the south, has not affected the hotel industry and tourism so much.
According to the newspaper, "The Marker" Israeli economic losses have been estimated at the hotel sector in Israel during the current war by about 300 million dollars. The newspaper quoted Director-General of the Federation of Hotels Shmulik Tsoral saying that the tourism sector has not seen since the 2004 crisis like this.
With the included military operations, and the failure to reach a comprehensive calm, did not register for the month of August / August next hotel bookings major Israeli cities. Rather Tsoral confirmed that a lot of foreign tourists had to cancel bookings next fall, which threatens tourist recession did not pledge to Israel before, as he put it.
To avoid recession
To avoid the collapse of the tourism industry and hospitality, launched the Israeli Ministry of Tourism promotional campaign to save the seasonal summer and autumn. Has announced Tourism Minister Uzi Landau announced the launch of "operations room" headed by Director General of the Ministry, Amir Halevy, and active coordination with the Foreign Ministry in Tel Aviv.
Under the campaign, were recruited about nine ten tourist offices all over the world to do the promotion and marketing campaigns and promote tourism to the "Holy Land" among the heads of churches and Christian organizations world.
Wrote director general of the Israeli Ministry of Tourism Amir Helvey in the Website of the Ministry that Israel knew in the past challenges and crises hit the tourism sector, and successfully confront and overcome.
Helvey said that various government offices are preparing -mn during the campaign for the promotion Alaalmih- after the end of the military campaign on Gaza, as it seeks to achieve a quick recovery and the recovery of tourism in foreign inflows to remedy further potential losses.
Despite these efforts, the continued Palestinian rocket fire towards the depth of Israel, and continue the aggression on Gaza, Andhiran recession tourism season current, and the worsening crisis in the hotel sector with a continuing decline in foreign tourism inflows for the coming months, according to Director General of the company "Travilist" tourist, Tamar Jrzn.
The newspaper quoted "Klklest" economic Jrzn saying that he can "pay tribute to" the current tourism season, even if it was announced a cease-fire within a few days. "And noted that experience shows that the tourism boom after the Israeli war take months.
Jrzn and warned of the repercussions of comments aviation and the fluctuation of flights on the tourism industry, and suggested that the incoming tourism to Israel would incur further losses, including the cancellation of bookings for the coming months by the delegations of pilgrims from Europe in the event of continued rocket fire from Gaza.
She added that a lot of international companies went requests to cancel bookings set for the fall season and was asked to wait and wait.
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