Tourism Ministry

Tourism Ministry launches free food truck tour in US

Starting October 25 in North Miami Beach, a specially designed food truck will embark on a multi-state journey, serving free, authentic kosher-style Israeli food curated by chef Yossi Shitrit.

The taste of Israel foodtruck
View of Nazareth.

'After years of neglect': Nazareth tries to bring back tourists with its Jewish neighbors

Israeli officials lay cornerstone of the new "Joshua Trail," the first in its "Biblical Trails" initative, near Elon Moreh, September 24, 2026.

Becoming Israel’s Tuscany: Gov’t launches ‘Biblical Trail’ initiative to promote West Bank tourism

Blue and white trail marker painted on a stone shows the direction of travel along a hiking trail.

Israeli Tourism Month returns with nationwide activities


Tourism rebounds with 1.3 million visitors in 2025, led by US, France and UK

The leading countries of origin were the United States with 400,000 tourists, followed by France with 159,000 and the United Kingdom with 95,000.

 TRAVELERS COME and go at Ben-Gurion Airport last month

The fate of the Israeli tourism industry

After six years of crises — from Covid to war — Israel’s Ministry of Tourism is focusing on safety, strategy, and storytelling to bring visitors back.

The fate of Israeli tourism.

Coming soon: 2 new hotels in the South

The Shevet Achim Group is establishing 2 new hotels and expanding the Dream Island Resort in the South.

The CEO of the Ministry of Tourism, Michael Yitzhakov, and the Deputy Director General of the Ministry, Rakefet Levi, with Yehuda Yifrah, the owner of Shevet Achim

More than a kibbutz: Kfar Giladi Hotel blends history, comfort, and borderland calm

By situating hospitality at the nexus of agriculture, history, and borderland experience, the hotel creates added value beyond conventional hospitality.

Kfar Giladi.

Eilat Municipality will encourage new Israeli immigrants to begin their lives in the city

The Eilat Municipality will encourage new Israeli immigrants to begin their lives in the city and work in its hotel industry. A framework combining work incentives and housing is already in motion.

 POOLSIDE AT the Isrotel King Solomon, Eilat

US working to evacuate citizens wishing to leave Israel, ambassador says

US Ambassador Mike Huckabee announced that those citizens who wished to leave must enroll in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) before leaving.

Foreign nationals board buses to evacuate Israel via Egypt, following the security situation, in Tel Aviv, June 17, 2025

Historical heritage sites on verge of closure after year of rockets to northern communities

The Rosh Pina restoration site, an important part of the history of settlement in the Galilee, is struggling to survive following a sharp decline in tourism. They can close by the end of the. month.

Rocket impact on a building in the Galilee

Israel's Tourism Ministry to invest NIS 230m. in tourism infrastructure

The Tourism Ministry will provide funding for various projects including, heritage centers, parks, biking trails, and more.

 Tourism minister Haim Katz attends the 'victory conference' at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem on January 28, 2024.

Millions invested into new bike path to honor victims of Oct. 7, hostages

The bike path, which cost NIS 7 million, is part of a larger project aimed at enhancing access to Timna Park, with a total investment of NIS 21 million.

 A new bike path will be opened in the southern Arava on Thursday to commemorate the 11 cyclists killed on October 7.

Iranian film to open Haifa International Film Festival

The 40th Haifa International Film Festival opens October 15 with 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig' by Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof.

 A SCENE from the Iranian film ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig.’