while on saturday morning we had a great day trip from haifa to Jerusalem old city, all over the old city you could see many tourists visiting the holy sites, you could think that the Virus did not reach us.
At the afternoon, it’s all start to change! on the way back from the Dead sea you could see the long line of tour buses delayed at the checkpoint for questioning about their route.
It’s all start after the outbreak of the virus at Bethlehem and the fear that people got infected by the virus.
On Monday Netanyahu held a press event and state that every Israeli who returns from overseas must enter a 14-day home-quarantine, while tourists will be granted entry into Israel only if they can meet the requirement of a 14-day self quarantine.
while 2020 seems to be very busy tourist season, this extreme measures will shut down the tourism industry for the next coming months, and currently we only busy reciving cancellations for march excursions.
Read more on Reuters
Already 58 cases in Israel >> Ynet
we hope that this measures will take affect and will put end for the virus outbreak, and we will see the tourists and cruise ships returning to Haifa port soon.
Keep safe!
The return of cruise ships to Israel
Good news for 2023!
The Covid-19 is over, and the tourists and the Cruise Ships are back to Haifa and Ashdod port.