There were 59,000 tourist entries to Israel in January 2024, the Central Bureau of Statistics reports, up from 53,000 in December 2023 but down from 271,000 tourist entries in January 2023, as the country’s tourism industry struggles to deal with the consequences of the war.
However, we are seeing a much stronger recovery in outbound tourism. 281,000 Israelis traveled abroad in January 2024, the Central Bureau of Statistics reports, up from 248,000 in December 2023 but still well below the 611,000 Israelis who traveled abroad in January 2023.
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These are disastrous figures for the Israeli tourism industry, which suffered immensely during the Covid pandemic in 2020 and 2021 but recovered – both inbound and outbound tourism – before the war began on October 7.
While El Al, Arkia and Israir continued flights to and from Israel, most foreign airlines canceled all flights. However, a long list of foreign airlines resumed flights in January and are expected to resume flights in the coming weeks, which should help boost the numbers.
Published by Globes, Israel Business News – fr.globes.co.il – February 6, 2024.
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