Ben Gurion airport security
JERUSALEM, Israel — Israeli security officials at Ben Gurion airport are legally allowed to demand access to tourists' email accounts and deny them entry if they refuse, the country's top legal ...
Rocket attack on Israeli resort
At least two rockets have hit the southern Israeli city of Eilat.
continuation of unrest hampers tourism
By David Beirman, eTN Australia
For most media commentators, tourism would be considered an irrelevance as reporters discuss the human misery inflicted on southern Israel and Gaza and the military and political ramifications of ...
BBC Olympics website
London, England – The British Broadcasting Company’s Olympic website omitted Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Israeli Gush Etzion becomes hot destination for trigger-happy tourists
Settlers near Gush Etzion in Israel are offering tourists to Israel a chance to experience what life near the Green Line can be like by providing them an opportunity to “catch the terrorist.” ...
American visitor vanish without trace in Israel
An ongoing police search for a missing American tourist widened on Monday far beyond the Bet She'an area, where the 80-year-old man was last seen.
Gay Israel
By Nelson Alcantara, eTN editor-in-chief
Israel to gay tourists: We’re open for you!
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Israel plans to leverage tourism potential in southern-most city
The Ministry of Tourism is expected to invest about NIS 41 million in the southern resort town of Eilat in 2012.
Israel's Tourism Ministry's activity in past year criticized
The annual report published earlier this week by State Comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss slamed Israel's Tourism Ministry's activity in the past year.
German airline will not fly "flytilla" participants to Israel
German airline Lufthansa canceled the tickets of dozens of pro-Palestinian activists scheduled to fly to Tel Aviv on Sunday as part of a mass fly-in dubbed "Welcome to Palestine," the organizers ...
Ancient Land and Cultures voyage revised
LOS ANGELES, Calif.
Armenia Wants Israeli Tourists
Have you been to Armenia yet? Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan invites Israeli tourists to visit the Caucasus country.
Blurry Borders Get Israeli Advert Banned In Britain
Ad, promoting book on northern Israel, evokes no less than 350 complaints to the ASA, which oversees and regulates the advertising industry in the UK.
Israel countering Iranian list of areas to attack
The Knesset Research and Information Center put out a guide on Monday of hot spots for Israeli tourists in Persia – otherwise known as Iran.
Israel Wants More Brazilian Visitors
The Appointments Committee at the Tourism Ministry has confirmed the appointment of Susan Klagesbrun as director of the Israel Government Tourist Office in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
International Mediterranean Tourism conference in Tel Aviv
Delegations from Croatia and Slovenia are visiting Israel as part of the International Mediterranean Tourism Market (IMTM) conference, held this week in Tel Aviv.
General strike on February 8
By Oren Kessler
It is expected that approximately 4,000 air travelers will be affected by a general strike on Wednesday, as Ben-Gurion Airport in Israel will close from 6:00 a.m. to noon.
Warning: Do not walk dressed immodestly in haredi neighborhoods
The US State Department is concerned over recent violence exhibited by extremists in Israel's haredi community and has published a travel recommendation for tourists: Do not walk around dressed ...
Israeli Tourism To Turkey
Israel's relations with Turkey may have reached a historic low following the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador from Ankara, but Turkey still plans to take part in a tourism fair scheduled to be ...
Israeli Travelers Warned Of Terror Plot
The head of Israel’s Counterterrorism Bureau said Thursday evening that it has no concrete information regarding a possible terrorist attack on Israeli tourists in Bulgaria.
Doctored Palestinian tourist map does not fly in UK
LONDON, England - Britain's Advertising Standards Authority has censured the Palestinian Diplomatic Mission to the UK for carrying a map of Palestine that did not identify Israel, UK media ...
India-Israel Tourism
India and Israel will enhance tourism exchanges between the two countries in the coming years.
EL AL STRATEGY
By Luc Citrinot, eTN
PARIS, France (eTN) - Israel national carrier, El Al, announced a drastic revamp of all its fares around the world as the airline faces increased competition from low-fare airlines and suffered ...
Turkish-Isaeli Political Tensions Affect Tourism
Turkish tourists have canceled their reservations for trips to Jerusalem amid increasing political tension between Israel and Turkey in recent days.
Israel-Turkey Row Affects Tourism
A group of Turkish air passengers claimed they were harassed and intimidated at a Tel Aviv airport on Monday as fallout from the diplomatic rift between Israel and Turkey spreads.
Tourist Stabbed In Israel
An Australian tourist was found stabbed to death in the Dan Panorama hotel in Tel Aviv.
European Movement
By Nelson Alcantara, eTN editor-in-chief
The upcoming election in Russia became a focal point of discussions at a conference held in Prague last Monday.
Escalation of violence in southern Israel and the Gaza Strip
The recent serious escalation of violence in southern Israel and the Gaza Strip makes it ever more urgent to break the deadlock in the Middle East peace talks, the top United Nations political ...
Israel-Egypt Border Attacks On Tourists
The number of Israeli tourists heading to Egypt has not been affected by the recent turmoil on the border between the two countries, Samy Mahmoud, a senior official at the Egyptian Tourist ...
Occupied Palestinian Territories
Voicing great concern at Israel’s recent announcements to advance planning for new housing in Ariel and East Jerusalem in occupied Palestinian territory, the United Nations and its partners in ...