I ka wā i haʻalele ai ʻo Ioana Isac o Romania ma Ben Gurion International Airport, ua haʻalulu ʻo ia i ka ʻike ʻana ʻo ia ka ʻekolu miliona o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi o ka ʻIseraʻela i ka makahiki 2017. Ua mālama ʻia ʻo Isac a me kāna hoa i kahi hoʻokipa ʻulaʻula a hāʻawi ʻia i kahi suite hōkele i hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia, kahi limousine, holo helikopter a ʻo kahi huakaʻi pilikino a ke Kuhina Nui ʻo Benjamin Netanyahu.
ʻOiaʻiʻo, ke ʻike nei ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi o ka ʻIseraʻela i kona ulu nui ʻana i nā makahiki, ma ka liʻiliʻi ma muli o nā helu helu hou, ma hope o ka emi ʻana o nā helu ma muli o ke kaua 2014 me Hamas. ʻO ka Palestinian "knife intifada," i hopena i ka ʻumi o ka ʻIseraʻela i pepehi ʻia a ʻeha paha i nā makahiki ʻelua i hala iho nei, ua kōkua pū kekahi i ka emi ʻana o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi.
Ma ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana, ua hoʻopaʻa inoa ka Ministry of Tourism Israeli i ka piʻi ʻana o 57% o nā mea mākaʻikaʻi a me ka piʻi ʻana o 106% o nā malihini kipa i kēia ʻOkakopa i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i ka makahiki i hala. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻoi aku ma mua o 400,000 mau mākaʻikaʻi i kipa aku i ka ʻāina i ʻOkakopa wale nō, ʻo ka mahina maikaʻi loa o ka ʻIseraʻela no ka mākaʻikaʻi e hiki mai ana.
A e like me ka Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics, ma waena o Ianuali a me ʻOkakopa o 2017 kokoke ʻekolu miliona mau mea mākaʻikaʻi i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, he 26% hoʻonui i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kuhina Kūʻai ʻo Yariv Levin, e pili ana i kēia mau helu, "He helu helu ʻike ʻole kēia… ʻAʻole kēia he maʻamau, akā ʻo nā hopena pololei o ka hana koʻikoʻi, kahi hoʻololi i ka hoʻolālā kūʻai aku a me ka piʻi ʻana o nā mokulele.
Ua hoʻokomo ʻia nā kūlanakauhale ʻo ʻIseraʻela i ka 100 kiʻekiʻe o nā wahi huakaʻi kipa e like me ka hui noiʻi mākeke Euromonitor International, me Ierusalema e hele mai ana i 67th a me Tel Aviv 78th.
Ma keʻano holoʻokoʻa, aia ka piʻi ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi i nā ʻāina Mediterranean, me Cyprus, Italia a me Helene, me nā mea ʻekolu e pōmaikaʻi ana mai ka helu helu o nā malihini ma 2017.
ʻO Yoav Gal, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu a me Luna Hoʻokele o Israel My Way, kahi hui huakaʻi kūʻai kūʻai kūikawā i nā huakaʻi kūʻokoʻa i hana ʻia i loko o ka ʻIseraʻela, ua haʻi aku i kāna manaʻo me The Media Line: "Ma waho aʻe o ka nui o nā mākaʻikaʻi, ʻo ke ʻano ʻē aʻe a mākou e ʻike nei, ʻo ia ka mea e ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ko mākou ola, ʻo ia ka pōkole o ka manawa alakaʻi. Ua hoʻopaʻa mua nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ʻAmelika ma mua, akā ua pōkole kēia manawa alakaʻi. I kekahi manawa, hāʻawi mai kā mākou mea kūʻai iā mākou i hoʻokahi pule wale nō.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Gal i ka hoʻoweliweli honua i ke kumu kūpono no kēia. "ʻO koʻu manaʻo," i wehewehe ʻo ia, "ʻoiai ʻo ka ʻIseraʻela ma mua e pili pū ana me nā hoʻouka kaua a me nā kūlana palekana paʻa ʻole, i kēia manawa ua like ka honua holoʻokoʻa. Aia nā hoʻouka kaua ma nā wahi a pau. ʻAʻole makemake ka poʻe e hoʻohiki i nā lā huakaʻi ma mua no ka hopohopo e hoʻopau ʻia ma muli o ka hoʻouka kaua weliweli ma kahi. No laila ke kali nei lākou e kākau a hiki i ka minuke hope loa.
Ua ʻae aku ka ʻōlelo a ka ʻōlelo a ke Kuhina Kūʻai ʻo Anat Shihor-Aronson. "Ua hoʻomaopopo ka poʻe i kēia lā ʻaʻohe wahi palekana i ka honua," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia, "a ʻike lākou i kēia manawa ua palekana ka ʻIseraʻela e like me nā wahi ʻē aʻe, inā ʻaʻole ʻoi aku [pēlā] no kāna ʻike kūʻē i ka hoʻoweliweli.
Ua haʻi aku kahi waha ʻōlelo no ka Israel Hotel Association (IHA), ka hui umbrella no ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa ma ʻIseraʻela, i ka Media Line "ʻoluʻolu i ka piʻi ʻana o ka huakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi a ke manaʻo nei e hoʻomau ka ʻano i ka manawa." Ua hōʻike pū ka IHA i ka "hoʻonui ʻana i ka waihona kālā kūʻai aku o ka Ministry of Tourism."
Hāʻawi ʻo Shihor-Aronson i kekahi kumu kūpono e piʻi ai ka mākaʻikaʻi; ʻo ia hoʻi, ke holo nei ʻo ʻIseraʻela i nā hoʻolaha e kālele ana i nā mākeke hou e like me Romania, Polani a me Kina. "Ke wehe nei mākou i ka ʻIseraʻela i nā mokulele pololei," i wehewehe ai ʻo ia, "a loaʻa nā mokulele i kahi haʻawina nui mai ka Ministry of Tourism mai ka paipai ʻana."
"Ke hāʻawi aku nei mākou i nā mea hoʻoikaika no nā mākaʻikaʻi e pae ana ma Eilat mai ʻOkakopa a Mei. Nui nā hui e hāʻawi nei i kēia koho no ka manawa mua, e hāʻawi ana i ka hoʻonui. "
Akā, hiki anei i ka ʻIseraʻela ke hoʻohana i nā mea mākaʻikaʻi hou aku?
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Shihor-Aronson ʻaʻole lawa nā hōkele o ka ʻIseraʻela, akā "e hoʻāʻo nei e hoʻoulu i ka hoʻokūkū a ʻoki i ka bureaucracy, a mākou e manaʻo nei e alakaʻi i nā kumukūʻai haʻahaʻa."
He ʻokoʻa kēia me ka manaʻo o IHA "ʻaʻohe hemahema o nā lumi hōkele i kēia manawa."
"He ʻoiaʻiʻo aia nā manawa paʻahana a i ʻole nā lā," i ʻōlelo ai kahi ʻelele o ke kino, "akā ma ka awelika makahiki, aia kahi lumi no nā mākaʻikaʻi hou aʻe. I ka wā lōʻihi, inā ʻoi aku ka nui o ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e hiki mai ana ma mua o ʻehā a ʻelima paha miliona, a laila pono nā lumi hōkele hou.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo CEO ʻo Israel My Way Gal "ʻoiai ke kūkulu nei ʻo ʻIseraʻela i nā hōkele hou aku, nui nā bottlenecks. ʻOiai inā lawa nā lumi hōkele, ʻaʻole hiki i kekahi mau wahi mākaʻikaʻi ke paʻa i ka hiki.
"He laʻana," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia, "ke piʻi nui nei ke kūlanakauhale kahiko o Ierusalema. Hoʻopaʻa piha ʻia kekahi mau pūnaewele i nā mahina ma mua, e like me ka Western Wall Tunnels. Ua maikaʻi kekahi poʻe mākaʻikaʻi, akā inā kū ka moku holo moku me 2,000 poʻe i Haifa, ʻaʻole hiki i kēia mau ʻano pūnaewele ke mālama i kēlā nui o nā mākaʻikaʻi i ka manawa hoʻokahi.
ʻO kēlā me kēia ʻaoʻao, inā e hoʻomau kēia ʻano piʻi i ka makahiki aʻe e hoʻolauleʻa ai ʻo ʻIseraʻela i ʻehā miliona mau mākaʻikaʻi.
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He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- A spokesperson for the Israel Hotel Association (IHA), the umbrella organization for the hospitality industry in Israel, told The Media Line it “welcomes the increase in tourist traffic and hopes that the trend will continue over time.
- Ma keʻano holoʻokoʻa, aia ka piʻi ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi i nā ʻāina Mediterranean, me Cyprus, Italia a me Helene, me nā mea ʻekolu e pōmaikaʻi ana mai ka helu helu o nā malihini ma 2017.
- By contrast, the Israeli Tourism Ministry registered a 57% increase in tourist entries and a 106% increase in day visitors this October as compared to last year.
