Posted on November 12th, 2009 by Lyle Plocher
330,000 tourists visited Israel this past month, an all-time high for October, and a 9% increase over October 2008, Israel’s record tourism year. This was the first month this year that tourism registered an increase over last year – and Tourism Minister Stas Misezhnikov attributes it largely to positioning Israel as the Holy Land with [...]
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Posted on August 9th, 2009 by Lyle Plocher
The Association for Tourism Tel Aviv-Yafo has unveiled a pocket sized guide in English which will enable visitors to explore Tel Aviv-Yafo in a very thorough manner, street by street, district by district. According to the Association’s Director-General, Eti Gargir, ”The book divides Tel Aviv-Jaffa into five distinct areas – the North, City Center, the Heart, [...]
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Posted on July 5th, 2009 by Lyle Plocher
The old Jaffa train station, the first in Israel, which started operation in 1892 with service between Jaffa and Jerusalem is getting a major overhaul, an impressive renovation which will make it one of the top “places to see and be” in Tel Aviv. The train station is located between Jaffa, Neve Tzedek and the [...]
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Posted on July 3rd, 2009 by Lyle Plocher
Exquisite, spacious villa in the rolling hills of Yavne’el, near Tiveria. Enjoy the peace, quiet and beauty of the Galil. Villa is 264 meters, 10 rooms, sits on a beautifully landscaped 630 sq meter property and comes with an existing vacation rental business. There are two, 1-bedroom zimmers and one 2-bedroom zimmer, each with a [...]
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Posted on April 15th, 2009 by Lyle Plocher
For those of you who were not able to celebrate Passover in Israel, thought we would provide links to a few stories and a video about some of this year’s visitors and activities during Pesach. Re-connecting with the Land of Israel during Passover article High tourist turnout article Pesach in the Old City video
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Posted on February 25th, 2009 by buypropertyinisrael
In commemoration of Tel Aviv’s centennial, David Sharir, curator of Shalom Tower’s galleries, initiated an exhibit of quilts called “A Gesture to Tel Aviv”. Sharir invited the members of the Israel Quilters Association to create pieces that reflected “Tel Aviv.” The quilters took inspiration from the city’s history, architecture, seashore and its combination of Bauhaus [...]
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Posted on July 24th, 2008 by buypropertyinisrael
According to a story at Haaretz.com, a record 450 French olim were to arrive at Ben Gurion International Airport today. The immigrants were to be welcomed in an official ceremony, where they were to be addressed by Jewish Agency Chairman Zeev Bielski, Immigration and Absorptiion Minister Eli Aflalo and AMI founder Pierre Besnainou. read the whole [...]
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Posted on July 5th, 2008 by buypropertyinisrael
according to Haaretz anyway. If you are traveling to Israel or already there, you might want to jot down these places if you will be anywhere near them. Five best brunches
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Posted on June 29th, 2008 by buypropertyinisrael
or almost any place else in the world as well. Seriously, if you would like to receive a commission on your travel to Israel as well as travel that your family and friends take during the year, you may want to look into this opportunity to have your own online Travel site which will enable [...]
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