"It is important that the state prioritize aid to hotels"

• Published date: 09 April 2024
• Author: MEITAL SHARABI
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

As part of the war effort, the entire tourism industry was mobilized to respond to evacuees from the south and the north

Now, half a year later and when most of the evacuees have already found permanent solutions, the hotel association is summarizing the data of the industry's activities and these are the findings.

At the height of the war, there were 119,000 evacuees in hotels across the country. About 47,000 hotel rooms were filled for the evacuees, out of 55,000 existing rooms. This is a record occupancy.

Distribution of evacuees:

Evacuees in the north: 25,000 in total (including: Tiberias, Haifa and the surrounding area, Zichron Ya'acov, Caesarea, Nazareth and more).

Evacuees in the south: 12,000.

Evacuees in Eilat: 27,500.

Evacuees in the center: 8,125.

Evacuees in Jerusalem: 21,250.

Evacuees in Tel Aviv: 25,000.

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