Israel plans to return to active marketing in the Russian market after the end of the coronavirus pandemic but the possibility of extending the program and payment amounts depends on the epidemiological situation around the world.

According to the Israeli Ministry of Tourism, in 2019, 318 100 Russians entered the country. One of the reasons of the increase in demand for the Eilat route was the launch of budget transportation on flights of the Russian Pobeda low-cost airline.

The Israeli Ministry of Tourism announced an increase in tourist flow from Russia to Israel by 11% in January 2020 compared to the same period the previous year. For a month, 22 thousand tourists from Russia visited the country.

The dynamics of the first half of the season (from September 8, 2019 to January 11, 2020) is positive: 106 flights were operated with an average load of 84%. In total, 17 462 guests from the Russian Federation arrived at Ramon Airport, which is 8% more than last year.

Ural Airlines will increase the frequency of flights between Krasnodar and Tel Aviv since March 29.

The promotion policy on the Russian market of the “Red Sea” Israeli resort Eilat continues to justify itself: the interest of Russian tourists in Eilat and the Dead Sea continues to grow steadily.

A high-level delegation from Russia arrived in Israel in an attempt to curb a diplomatic game between Moscow and Tel Aviv over tourist entries.

The positive dynamics of the tourist flow in Israel is connected with an expanding of flight programs from Russia. In addition to charters arranged by tour operators, the number of scheduled flights has been increased.

"The services of the international Sochi airport named after Sevastjanov informed that there were 101 623 passengers from Israel and that is 133% flow growth from this country in comparison to 2018. Israir company and Ural airlines work on this destination. Both carriers use A-320 on the route. The number of visitors from UAE during the first 9 months of 2019 has increased in 17 times. Thus 6 753 guests from Dubai arrived Sochi during 9 months of this year. "

At the start of the winter season, tour operators positively assess the demand for tours to Israel. The sales driver is the Red Sea resort of Eilat: a number of hotels there already have a shortage of rooms for November holidays.

The tour operator Tui Russia has analyzed the demand for the New Year holidays and compiled a rating of tourist destinations where Russians plan to travel with their children.

From 2020, Cyprus and Israel will promote joint travel packages for tourists in Russia, the U.S. and Germany, focusing on golf, gastronomy and wellness holidays.

Azimut air company announced the start of flight program to Tel-Aviv from Rostov-on-Don. The flights are planned to be fulfilled twice a week on Thursdays and Sundays.

Russian tourists travel more actively to Israel. Sales rates exceed last year’ figures by at least 15-20%. In the first nine months of this year, more than 219 thousand Russian tourists visited Israel, which is 4% more than the same period last year.

In mid-October tour operators named the most popular destinations for the November holidays. At the peak of popularity are Turkey, the UAE, Cyprus, Italy, Israel, Jordan, Sri Lanka and Cuba.

Israel has set the goal of increasing the number of tourists from Russia to 400 000 in 2019. Since the beginning of the year, the number of guests from Russia has grown by 4%, In accordance with this fact, tour operators increase transportation volumes in Israel.

The new flight program of Anex Tour to Dubai from Khabarovsk will start on December 27, 2019 and is scheduled before May 1, 2020 on the wings of Azur air with the frequency once every 9/10 days.

Intourist launches their own winter charter program from Moscow to the Israeli resort of Eilat from November 3, 2019 on the boards of Red Wings airline.

Israel plans to host more than 400 thousand Russian tourists in 2019. Since the beginning of the year, the number of guests from Russia has grown by 4%.

in the upcoming winter season an extensive flight program will be on the Israeli destination. The total maximum number of charter and scheduled flights in winter will reach 81 airplanes per week, including 15 weekly flights to Eilat. “For the first time, it will be possible to fly from Moscow to Eilat 4 times a week. Last season, the frequency of flights was twice a week. For the first time, a regular flight will fly from Russia to Eilat. Also, the low-cost airline Pobeda will operate on the route

Pobeda low-cost airline will start operating flights from Moscow to Eilat for the first time. The flights will be operated three times a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Since beginning of August, tickets were already on sale.

Autumn season in Israel promises successful sales for tour operators. The growth is fixed at 13% and higher against the last year. In general, beach vacations are on the first preference among tourists. However, the specifics of the destination are such that it is quite easy to combine beach tour with excursion programs.

The flights will begin on October 22 and will be operated three times a week - on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. 

In January-June 2019, citizens of the Russian Federation made 21 212 095 trips abroad. This is 6.67% more than in the same period of the last year. Turkey became the leader of outbound tourism, Italy is growing rapidly and tourist flow to Thailand has slightly decreased.

The Israeli Ministry of Tourism has published statistics on visits of Russian citizens to the country in the first half of 2019. The dynamics of Russian arrivals is positive not only in the first half of the year, but also in the first month of summer. According to the country's Ministry of Tourism, for the period from January to June 2019, 191,100 guests from Russia visited Israel, including day-trip tourists and cruise liner passengers.