“Almost 33.5 thousand Russian tourists visited Israel in March 2018, which is 8% more than in March of the last year”, - said the country's Ministry of Tourism. According to the ministry, from January to March this year the country was visited by 76,300 Russians.

“The program of subsidizing charter flights from Russia to Eilat (Uvda Airport, Israel) has been extended for 2018-2019. The amount of compensation also increased by 25%”, - reported the Ministry of Tourism of Israel.

According to the data of the Israeli Ministry of Tourism, in January 2018, 21, 6 thousand tourists from Russia arrived in the country, which is 10% higher than in the previous year and 35% higher than in January 2016. According to the department, totally in January 2018 256,600 travelers from all over the world visited Israel (excluding the tourists of “one-day” and cruise liners), which is 22% more than in first month of 2017 and 56% higher against the year before.

“In 2017 Israel hosted a record 3.6 million foreign visitors, while Russia is on the second line among the countries from which tourists came”, - reported Izrael National News. According to the Minister of Tourism of Israel Yariv Levina, the number of tourists who visited the country in 2017 increased by 25% or 700 thousand people, which is a new record for incoming tourism. The industry's contribution to the economy amounted 20 billion shekels ($ 5.768 billion).

“The tourist flow from Russia to Israel has grown by 42% during 11 months of 2017, up to almost 373 thousand travels”, - reports the press service of the Israeli Ministry of Tourism on Wednesday. "Only in November 2017, 384.9 thousand travelers from all over the world visited Israel (including day-trips and cruise line passengers) – by 25% more than last year. During the 11 months of 2017, the number of country's tourist flow amounted 3.55 million people, which exceeds the figures for 2016 by 27%,", - the report said.

This is reported by the Ministry of Tourism of Israel. The department connected the growth not only with the increased activity of the out coming tourism market in Russian Federation, but with the program of subsidizing of charter flights to Uvda airport. "In connection with the launching of the third stage of the program of subsidizing of charter flights from Russian Federation to Eilat (Uvda airport), the number of tourists arriving directly to Eilat has increased by 40%", - the Israeli Ministry of Tourism said.

“Israel has resumed the winter program of subsidizing flights to Eilat, within which the Ministry of Tourism of the country return the companies, organizing flights to Uvda airport, 45 Euros for each passenger”, - told reporters the Director of the department of the Ministry of Tourism of Israel in Russia and CIS Ksenia Kobyakova.

“Over 282,000 Russian tourists visited Israel from January to September 2017, which is 46% more than in the same period a year earlier”, - reported the press service of the country's tourism ministry on Thursday. "The flow of tourists from Russia to Israel is growing throughout the year 2017 and in September even exceeded the figures of 2015. In the first month of autumn the country was visited by 39.3 thousand Russians, which is 31% more than in the same period of 2016, and 6% more than in 2015.

“From January to August 2017 Israel was visited by 243,000 Russians, which is 48% more than in the same period of the last year”, - according to the Association of Russian Tour Operators (ATOR) with reference to Israel's Ministry of Tourism. "Russia took the second line in the list of incoming tourist flow to Israel for the eight months of 2017.

Figures are given in comparison with the same period of the last year. These are the data of the Ministry of Tourism of Israel. According to statistics, totally 1.74 million foreign tourists visited Israel from January to March. The tourist department of Israel is talking about the record numbers of incoming tourist flow in the first half of the year and in June of this year.

“The number of tourists who visited Azerbaijan in the first half of 2017 increased by 24% against the same period in 2016 - up to 1.2 million people”, - informs the press service of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. "In the first half of the year, Azerbaijan was visited by 1 million 199.667 thousand tourists against 966.497 people in January-June 2016", - the ministry said. According to information, in the reporting period most of all Azerbaijan was visited by tourists from Russia - 374.5 thousand people (an increase of 17%).

“In May 2017, 54% more Russians visited Israel than a year ago”, - said in the press service of the Ministry of Tourism of the country. "In May 2017, the tourist flow from Russia to Israel amounted 40.6 thousand people, which is 54% more than in the same month of the previous year.

“The government of Israel will continue the program of encouraging airlines and tour operators, which are organizing charter flights to Eilat resort (Uvda airport)”, - reported in the Ministry of Tourism of the country. According to the program, the Ministry pays 45 Euros for each passenger. Participation in the program is available for companies which will perform minimum 16 flights to Eilat and back within the period since October 15, 2017 till March 29, 2018.

The tourist flow to Israel recorded a historic maximum for the entire existence of the Jewish state. The country in April was visited by 349 thousand foreign tourists. It is significant that almost every tenth foreign tourist in Israel in April was a citizen of the Russian Federation. According to the Ministry of Tourism of Israel, in April 33 100 travelers from Russia visited Israel, which is 34% more than last year.

“In the first quarter of 2017, Israel was visited by 70.5 thousand Russian tourists, which is 35% more than in the same period of the last year. In January 2017, the tourist flow from Russia increased by 23% against the same period of 2016, in February - by 54%, in March by 32%”, - reported the Ministry of Tourism of Israel.

Representatives of the Israeli Ministry of Tourism in Russia and the CIS said about increasing of tourist flow to Israel during the business breakfast for the partners of ICS Travel Group tour operator, which is one of the leading operators on this destination. Tatiana Boltenko marketing manager of the Department of the Ministry of Tourism of Israel in Russia and the CIS, stressed in an interview, that following the results of the first quarter of 2017 the department noted 35% growth in the direction: totally, 70,500 tourists from Russia arrived in the country.

“The tour operators noted the restoration of demand for tours to Israel, the depth of sales reaches October”, - said the Press Secretary of the Russian Union of Travel Industry Irina Tyurina. "Representatives of the tourist industry note, that the demand is clearly better than at the same time a year ago.

“Ural Airlines” will launch flights from Sochi international airport to Tel Aviv from April 13”, - reports the press service of Basel Aero company, which manages the airport. The flights will be performed twice a week - on Thursdays and Sundays, by A320 airplanes with a capacity of 160 passengers.

“The number of tourists visiting Israel from Russia increased by 54% in February 2017 against the same period of the last year”, - said the Director of the department of the Ministry of Tourism of Israel in Russia Ksenia Kobyakova. "In January, the tourists flow from Russia to Israel amounted 19.6 thousand, in February - 20.9 thousand people, which is 23% and 54% more than in the same months of last year", - reported Kobyakova.

“Israel expects to increase the number of tourists from Russia by 10-15% in 2017”, - said the Director of the department of the Ministry of Tourism of Israel in Russia Ksenia Kobyakova. "We expect 10-15% growth of the number of tourists traveling from Russia in 2017. Now we are working in the field of increasing the number of flights from Russia to Israel and expand the geography". She noted, that if we talk about very optimistic plans for the coming years - "Israel would like to ensure Russia the first place of arrivals".

“More than 20 thousand Russian tourists have visited Israel in January, which is 26% more than in the same period of the year earlier”, - reports the local newspaper Hamodia. Totally in January 2017 Israel was visited by 222 thousand foreigners, including 210 thousand by tourist visas, the number of tourists has increased by almost a third

“Russian tourists are among TOP 3 in Israel. In December the number of tourists to this country increased by 41%”, - reported the press service of the National Ministry of Tourism to the portal "Interfax-Tourism" on Wednesday, The US, France and Russia are in the TOP 3 of tourist leaders, behind them are the UK, Germany and Ukraine", - said the press-service.

“The tourist flow from Russia to Uvda airport in Israel has increased by 150% since October 2016 till January 7, 2017 and continues to increase”, - reported the press service of the Ministry of Tourism of Israel. "In the period from October 2, 2016 till January 7, 2017 87 flights were carried out with an average loading of 82%.

“The first flights to far abroad countries will have fulfilled from Moscow airport Zhukovsky in spring 2017. Tel Aviv, Istanbul and Antalya will be the first destinations among abroad routs”, - reported the newspaper "Izvestia" on Friday. "We will fly not only to CIS countries, but also to Europe and Asia.

“Almost 11 thousand tourists from Russia came to Eilat (Israel) from October 2 to December 15, 2016, which is four times more than in the same period of the last year”, - reported the press service of the Ministry of Tourism of Israel. "10 thousand 957 tourists from Russia came to Israeli resort Eilat since the beginning of the second stage of the incentive program of subsidizing charter flights.