Israel Ministry of Tourism Conducts Six-City Roadshow in India
by Shrutee K/DNS
All India, August, 2017: In continuation of its plan to increase the number of Indian arrivals to
the country, the Israel Ministry of Tourism (IMOT), conducted their second
roadshow for 2017 in India. The roadshow
was in a networking workshop format and commenced on August 21 in Mumbai followed
by Delhi, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and concluded in Chennai on August 30. The Israeli delegation was led by Hassan
Madah, Director – Israel Ministry of Tourism, India along with Judah Samuel,
Director – Marketing, Israel Ministry of Tourism, India and included representative partners from the tourism industry of Israel. The
roadshow witnessed a participation of over 100 travel agents in each city.
Speaking at the
roadshow, Hassan Madah, Director - Israel Ministry of Tourism India said, “Over 34,000
Indians have already visited Israel in the last seven months of 2017 marking a
growth of 36 percent in Indian
tourist arrivals. The historic visit of Prime
Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Israel has sparked a renewed interest among
Indians to visit Israel and we want to leverage this to increase destination
awareness among Indian travel trade and MICE agents. The response across the 6
cities was very positive and promising.” Israel recorded
an exponential growth of 79% in Indian arrivals in June compared
to the same month last year. Currently, El Al provides direct connectivity
between India and Israel and has 3 (3 in the summer, 4 in the winter) weekly
flights from Mumbai to Tel Aviv. Other connections to Israel include Turkish
Airlines from Mumbai and Delhi to Tel Aviv (via Istanbul), Ethiopian Airlines
from Mumbai and Delhi to Tel Aviv (via Addis Ababa) and Aeroflot Russian
Airlines from Delhi to Tel Aviv (via Moscow), including other European carriers.
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