Tag Archive for tourism in Israel

| October 29, 2014
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WATCH: Israel’s anime campaign effort to woo Japanese tourism

Israel launches animated Japanese web series highlighting 2 young sisters visiting Israel in hopes of promoting Japanese tourism.

Israel’s ambassador: the goal is to ‘connect to Japanese pop culture & use anime to reach the youth by displaying Israel beyond the conflict.’

By Itamar Eichner

 

 

Meet Saki and Noriki – Israel’s new animated ambassadors to Japan. Israel’s embassy in Tokyo recently launched いいね！イスラエル or ‘Israel, Like!’, a new web series of the anime genre, in the hopes of enticing Japanese tourists to visit the holy land.

YouTube screenshot

The unprecedented public relations campaign will involve no less than seven episodes in which Saki and her sister Moriki visit different parts of Israel, and of course fall in love. Continue Reading »

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| September 25, 2014
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130,000 Israelis travel northwards for Rosh Hashanah holiday

Hundreds of extra police were called to cover key traffic areas while some 38,000 vehicles jam Israel’s motorways north with even more expected into the evening.

By Ynet

 

 

Israel’s roads and highways withstood heavy traffic Wednesday afternoon, as families travelled great distances to meet their relatives for celebrations to welcome the Jewish year 5775.

Headed north for the holiday. (Photo: Ido Erez)

Headed north for the holiday. – Photo: Ido Erez

According to authorities, some 130,000 travelers took to the open road from central Israel to the north in 38,000 vehicles, headed for Rosh Hashanah celebrations of honey and apples.

Police said that on most holidays, some 50,000 vehicles head for the north between 7pm to midnight. Continue Reading »

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| May 27, 2014
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PHOTO ALBUM: Israel Seen Through the International Instagram Photographers

 

StandWithUs hosts photographers from all over the world to travel throughout Israel, hoping that their special images captured will help share the country’s beautiful landscape & culture.

By Lital Shemesh

 

Nine photographers with 4 million followers on the social media photo sharing site Instagram are touring Israel for the first time.

Sunset at the Dead Sea – Photo: #paulodelvalle

During their time here, the photographers will visit sites from Tiberias to Masada and the Dead Sea, and cities from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv. Through their Instagram pictures, their followers will be exposed to Israel’s landscapes and culture.

The visitors, who come from Brazil, Spain, Austria, Russia, Britain, and the U.S., Continue Reading »

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| January 9, 2014
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Taglit-Birthright: The most successful Jewish program in the world

 

In Birthright’s 13 years, the program brought more than 350,000 participants to Israel from 64 different countries & infused $825 million into Israel’s economy.

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Since it was launched in 2000, the Taglit-Birthright program has injected more than $825 million into the Israeli economy, according to the findings of an independent study conducted by the global accounting firm Ernst & Young, which were published on Wednesday.

A Birthright Mega Event in Jerusalem, May 9, 2012.

A Birthright Mega Event in Jerusalem, May 9, 2012. – Photo: Emil Salman

The State of Israel contributes $35 million a year to the program’s $110 million budget. The rest of the funding comes from private philanthropists, most prominently casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, the Jewish federations of North America, Keren Hayesod and the Jewish Agency. Continue Reading »

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| December 31, 2013
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Christians from Nazareth Launch Tourism Effort & New Website

   

Pro-Israel Christians from Nazareth seeking to construct Giant Jesus statue to attract tourists & support

By Israel Today Staff

 

 

Christians from Nazareth, many of them belonging to the same group that encourages young “Arab” Christians to join the Israeli army, have launched a new website and effort to draw tourism to their city.

The name of the movement is Deglei Habrith (Flags of the Covenant), and its logo features two intertwined flags bearing the Cross and the Star of David.

Among the group’s stated goals is the construction of a large statue of Jesus at Mount Precipice (think Rio de Janeiro), the site where Luke 4:29–30 records a mob attempting to shove Jesus off a cliff. Continue Reading »

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| November 1, 2012
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What Irks Israeli Tourists the Most?

Israel’s Tourism Ministry receives 571 complaints (86.5% from Israelis & only 13.5% from foreign visitors) regarding tourism services in Israel from January-August 2012 

By Ynet news

 

The Tourism Ministry has received 571 complaints regarding tourism services in Israel between January-August 2012. Of these, 493 (86.5%) were made by Israelis and only 78 (13.5%) came from foreign visitors.

Highest number of complaints relate to hotel industry – Photo: AP

As the government body charged with supervision and control of tourism quality, the Tourism Ministry offers an open line of communication for tourists and visitors who wish to complain about the tourism services they have received while on vacation in the country. Continue Reading »

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| October 28, 2012
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Former Birthright tour organizer now a provider for interfaith groups

Joel Rosenfeld, founder of educational tour company Roots of Faith, provides a challenging experience to trip participants.

 

A rabbi, a bishop and an imam walk into a synagogue. It sounds like the setup for a joke, but it happened at Bavat Ayin Congregation in Rosh Ha’ayin last Friday evening when a group of 30 Jews, Christians and Muslims from New Jersey came to town.

Left to right: Bishop Beckwith, Imam Shareef, and Rabbi Gewirtz in Jerusalem last week – Photo: E. James Smith

Standing on the stage, the visiting rabbi led the Kabbalat Shabbat service, the imam recited a few verses from the Koran in Arabic, and the bishop gave a sermon about egoism and the story of Noah, the week’s Torah portion. Continue Reading »

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