Tourism Ministry working to allow visitors into Israel from November

• Published date: 04 October 2021
• Author: ROSSELLA TERCATIN
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

A spokesperson said that the proposed outline is currently being examined by the Health Ministry.

The goal is to allow foreign nationals who are inoculated with a vaccine recognized by the ministry, and who hold their country's green pass, to visit Israel.

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In April, as coronavirus data became increasingly encouraging and Israel was celebrating the success of its vaccination campaign, the Tourism Ministry presented a plan to reopen the country's borders to foreign visitors after over a year.

At the end of May, the first groups of vaccinated tourists landed. Individual travelers were supposed to follow on July 1. But as a new outbreak began in the country, the plan was postponed to August 1, and then indefinitely put on hold.

Three months later, as the wave is slowing down, and the country celebrates the success of its booster campaign, one cannot help feeling a sense of deja-vu. Will individual visitors finally be allowed in?

There are some reasons to be optimistic.

Israel so far has been very hesitant to recognize any foreign vaccination certificate.

For this reason, the outline to allow tourists proposed in the spring required visitors to undergo a rapid serological test at the airport...