How Much Is Earned By Tourism In Israel?

On tipping: There is no tipping at Lod (the airport), even for wheelchair pushers. (Ditto Spain.) Be patient, “sav-la-nute” — you’ll get through lines faster. Know how to say “please” (ba-va-ka-sha) and “thank you” (toe-dah) in Hebrew. Please & thank you ALWAYS make life better every place you will go in the world.

In general, as an Israeli, born in Israel, the advice in the article is good and correct… Another piece of advice is to address the Israelis with the words “help me please”… in most of the cases the word “help” opens our hearts, of course as in the whole world, We need to beware of fraudsters, yes and true, don’t teach us what is good for us, each of us has lost a friend, or knows someone who was injured or killed in order to maintain a sane life and to continue living and develop more technologies or patents to improve medicine, agriculture and much more

About the Memorial Days – there are 2: one is for the victims of the Holocaust – Yom HaShoa in short in Hebrew (2 minute siren at 10 am) and the second is for the fallen soldiers and victims of terrorism – Yom HaZikaron in short in Hewbrew (1 minute siren at 8 pm and 2 minute siren at 11 am the next day). Yom HaAzzmaut is the Independence Day and it is celebrated right after the end of Yom Hazikaron 🙂

Good article! Just a few notes (from an Israeli): 1. Some of the things you said are specific to Jerusalem. While there are a lot of religious people in Israel (around a third of all Israeli Jews keep Shabbat, for example), some areas are more liberal than others- so, for example, in Tel Aviv you’ll see that most people usually don’t dress modestly and aren’t religious. Same goes for soldiers- there are a lot of them in Jerusalem and other cities that have both Muslim and Jewish citizens, since there’s a lot of friction there; but not a lot in other places (though there still are some). 2. You got the memorial days wrong- Yom Ha’atzma’ut is our independence day, it’s a happy and celebratory day occurring a day after Yom Hazikaron (which is the memorial day for the fallen soldiers and civilian victims of wars/ terrorist attacks); there is a second memorial day, it is a week before the memorial day and it’s called Yom Hasho’ah- memorial day for the victims of the Holocaust (NOT international Holocaust memorial day, we have a different date here) Also, in the future, please refrain from actually sounding the siren in such articles!!!!! Years of hearing it have conditioned me and most Israelis into reacting very emotionally to it- not to mention that it resembles the siren we hear whenever there’s a missile attack, so it’s very stressing and triggering to some

That Hummus place, “Lina,” in the Christian Quarter, is one of the best in the whole country! Sadly, I see this article was released just a few months before Corona came crashing in, and upending our lives. I’m a licensed tour guide here in Israel, and I don’t have another tour booked until February 2022. That’s two whole years of unemployment!

Great guide! As an Israeli I can add some stuff: 1. 10% tip is perfectly fine. 2. Get taxi is great for in the city, for outside, if you are short on money there is also public transportation. I think travel by train for moving between cities will be easier for a tourist, although honestly out public transportation is pretty bad. 4. Yom haazmaut – litterally means independence Day, so no sirens then. The sirens are a day before, on Yom Hazicaron(memorial day) for terrorism victims and fallen soldiers, and a month before that for the memorial day for holocaust victims. 5. Outside of religious places *and religious neighborhood * you can wear whatever you want. Tel Aviv is one of the most libearl city in the world, for instance. 6. The scam thing is so true I can’t stress this enough. However remamber that this stands for the market and stands not for anywhere else. I saw some tourist tries to haggle in the mall and it was pretty funny… Great article, I can confirm those are really good advices!

honestly as someone who lives here, i came to watch this article to find mistakes and weird stuff people think about us, and i didnt find any. everything the creator said in this article was correct. the only thing that i might disagree on is the religious people.. you will usually find a higher percentage of orthodox people in Bney Brak or Jerusalem. in other places much much less, and in Tel Aviv i encontered only about a few of them counting all of the times i have been there. As someone who lives here I don’t really see a reason to come here, but the food and the mountains of Eilat are truely beautiful. I don’t think that you should spend a lot of time in Jerusalem, a day or two is enough really. the main thing that i love about the people here is that they are very nice and approachable, and as it was said in the article, the soldiers are really nice! most of them are around 18 so theres nothing to be scared of! just be nice to everybody and it will come back to you 🙂 if you go visiting nature, stay in the trails!! its very important, aside from the landmines, there might be falling rocks and animals.

I totally understand the modest dress. We have some places in the U.S.A that require it also. We visited the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Alabama a few years back, it was summer time and we had shorts on, we had to wear a pair of “sweat pants” to enter the shrine, they supply them. Don’t grumble about it, it’s their home, their rules, remember you’re a guest.

pro tip! when you get into a taxi in israel make sure to capture with your phones camera the metal plates above both front seatbelts those are cab owner(left) and cab driver(right) details in case you get scammed you can go with these to the closest police station and then the driver is easily tracked down, usually the cab driver is not the owner!

Correction about memoridal days. The two official memorial days are Yom Hazikaron (Rememberance day) and Yom Hashoa (Hollocaust day). In both of them there is a 1 or 2 minutes siren through which you’re expected to stand still in memory of the victims of terror/ward/hollocaust. This goes even for car traffic, people will stop their cars and stand aside. Yom Haatzmaut (=independence day) is not a memorial day, but Israel’s version of4th of july with firecracks and BBQ all over. Independence day follows the Memorial day, maybe that was the cause for confusion. Also worth mentioning Yom Kipur, which falls on September, in which all traffic, private and public, is shut off. So keep this in mind when planning. Word about tipping: in Tel Aviv 10% is considered a bit low tip for dinner meal. The average is 12%-15% depdning on the quality of service. 20% is really exceptional.

A pro tip is to visit places other than big cities, like going to a Moshav or a Kibbutz – both are an unique type of settlements in Israel. Israelis are very educated, and the majority of people are bilingual or polyglots, and almost everyone knows English so for a tourist it should be pretty easy to go around even in seemingly remote places. Israelis are very warm people and are always excited to see tourists, especially in non-touristic places, so it’s both a great chance to learn a little more about the culture and also meet knew people.

As an Israeli, from time to time I like to watch articles about “what you shouldn’t do as a tourist”. And all of them have this same point about “dressing modestly”. And yes, since most of the tourists come to Jerusalem, it’s a valid point. But even in Jerusalem, you won’t be stoned in most quarters for wearing tights and crop top. And in the rest of the country, again, you have to enter certain quarters of the city in order to be endangered by dressing unmodestly. And by “certain quarters” I don’t mean “every place with religious residents”, but “places with extremely religious people and nobody else”. I live in the south, I have visited many small town with large percentage of religious people, and nobody chases girls for wearing tights or shorts. Yes, it’s a valid advice for Jerusalem and a couple of other places, but you can travel most of the country while dressed as a tourist who came to Europe. And obviously, there is Tel Aviv.

Just back from the Holy Land and Israel. Honestly, it was a pretty traumatic experience thanks to the Israeli military. They would randomly shut checkpoints, resulting in our tour coach having to make last minute detours that added hours on our journey, and in one case, very nearly missed our flight. In one instance, as our bus driver opened the bus doors there was an Israeli soldier pointing a gun at us! We were a party of middle aged pilgrims! Why would they scare us like that? Behind him there was a girl soldier behind sandbanks, aiming a large caliber stationary gun. Why would they do that to us? We were there to worship and it left a bitter taste in our mouth.

You have a mistake. The memorial days are Yom HaSho’ah (Holocaust Day) – siren at 10am, and Yom HaZikaron (Memorial Day of Fallen Soldiers and Terror Victims) – sirens at 8pm and after that at 11am (the Jewish day starts and ends on sunset, not on midnight) Yom HaAtzma’ut (Independence Day) is a happy holiday starts at the end of Yom HaZikaron. the memorial days are in April or May.

I think the article was off a bit. I travel to Israel quite often and it has many faces. The face focused on now seems to be that of Jerusalem. That’s like telling people about Italy and focussing on Vatican city. My tips would be: 1) There are many people carrying guns, soldiers, police, private security, civilians, don’t worry they are there to watch your back. It’s all good. 2) Avoid preaching, there are no taboos, religion, politics, etc. It’s all fine but don’t preach, listen first, and than talk. 3) food equals love in Israeli culture, be respectful of food and the people who offer and serve it. 4) if there’s no price tag don’t buy it. 5) hang out with the locals, Israel is a very social country, many services are offered free to residents, when choosing places to go, go where the locals go, prices are better, the experience itself is way more relaxed. Don’t be a tourist to much 6) all Israelis 35 and younger understand English, most of them will answer in English when approached in English. 7) Israeli people are beautiful and not shy to show it, look all you want but don’t touch or be sleazy, be respectful like they are to you. 8) ask the locals, when going off the beaten track ask the locals where you can and can not go, Israel is generally a safe country but you can and will get in trouble if you wonder off into the wrong places. When in doubt look at the women, are they dressed like you are in Paris (you’re good) or is it looking more like Baghdad (you wondered of too far, turn around).

11-“Do your own research” best one so far, I spent a lot of time(7 years) there with Israelis and Palestinians people, both will treat you well unless you start talking sh*t like talking about religion or the conflict between both sides and who is right and who is not and don’t listen to some stupid who is not even Israeli or Palestinian when he start telling you “those are terrorists or this is dangerous place you will get killed …” i was in this situation and its all lies. in general israel and west bank are safe. about Gaza Israel wont let you go there (it more like a big prison and people are suffering there)

As an Israeli I would like to mention some information: 1. At any Bazaar at Israel the seller will try to scam you, cause of the fact you are a tourist. So becareful and watch the prices they give you. Second of all never take a normal taxi in Israel, same reason as I’ve mentioned on the first one. You will get scammed for being a tourist. Get a Taxi off get Taxi which will give you the real price of the service. Third thing I would like to mention is political conversations, people in Israel talk about politics all the time, if you want to start a political conversation check the person you are doing it with. Some people might attack you cause of your political thoughts. About religious dressing, only in Jerusalem and places near it. Most of Israel does not require a dress code for you.

Yom Haatzmaut is a day after Yom Hazikaron. There are no sirens then. In fact, it is not a memorial day – it’s a day of celebration, the Israeli independence day. There is Yom Hashoa, which is a memorial day like Yom Hazikaron, and there is one siren in its morning. It occures around one week before it. It’s a memorial day for the 6 million jews that dies in the Holocaust.

It takes no more than 20 seconds of listening to this article from the beginning to hear that Israel is the birthplace of Islam. Are Mecca and Medina in Israel? If the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) originally said that Muslims should pray facing Jerusalem, then is that enough to make Israel the birthplace of Islam? Based on the comments, it seems that many people who posted comments on this article didn’t watch the article, not even the first 20 seconds of it. Or they weren’t paying attention. Perhaps it would be helpful to charge people $0.05 to watch ten articles, with an opportunity to either earn back the $0.05, or in some cases more than $0.05, by passing tests about the articles, or posting interesting comments about the articles. If they pay via credit card, then it will be possible to indicate that they paid, like verified purchasers of books on Amazon who post reviews. In addition to the fact that they paid, it could also be a good idea to display their score on the test, including some of the questions and their answers. If they are embarrassed about their low scores and foolish answers, then they can pay money to have the low scores and foolish answers hidden, just as people pay telephone companies for an unlisted number.

Being Israeli as all about doing what you feel like doing. There’s no donts here. I argue about politics, pissed off about religious ppl being rude and enter holy places with a tank top. Mines? You need to walk miles to have the slitest chance to encounter one. Conclusion, do whatever you want in Israel.

I appreciate your positive attitude towards Israel! Your tips are valid, and it’s nice to hear an American speaking positively about Israel! With that being said, this should only be a tutorial for visiting Jerusalem! The majority of what you talked about would not present the majority of Israel. Especially not Tal Aviv and near by cities. One more thing, while it’s true that you can haggle in the marked in Jerusalem, the prices are still pair and lower then in the U.S. Honour the hard work of these people who are not making a fortune and pay the price they asked for.

Most of it here is true about Israel. I was there already twice and I hope I will manage to get there again after all that madness calms down. I really enjoyed their contrasts from modern metropole Tel Aviv and technological booming cities like Petah-Tikvah with TEVA and Haifa with Intel factory (where was fully developed microarchitecture Sandy Bridge) compared to unspoiled nature near Golan heighs, Hula valley and ancient sights in Akko and Yerusalem where I managed to speak with locals in Yiddish. I remember I was due to using Yiddish mistaken as jewish even in spite of being irreligious person 🙂

Actually, Uber DOES work, but I hardly ever use it. Only if for whatever reason I can’t get a taxi with Gett. But in that case, it might be easier to stop a taxi (Monéét in Hebrew) on the street. (point diagonally towards the floor in front of you to show that you need a ride). Or, if you are more experienced in Israel, you can try to hitchhike. Very common in Israel. Such a ride is called a “tramp” in Hebrew. But that’s of course at your own risk (though it’s ok most of the time if you’re not in dangerous areas).

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You are a little bit wrong about memorial days, you correctly noted Yom Hazikaron (memorial day for soldiers and victims of terror) BUT 1. this day has 2 times siren – once when the day enters, at the evening before, and the other one the next day usually at 10:30 or 11:00 AM, which is when all of the ceremonies in the graveyards take place 2. Yom Haatzmaut means independence day, it is a very sharp and sometimes hard (for us) transition since the memorial day exit is the independence day entering, there is a special ceremony in Mt. Hertzel, which end is with tons of fireworks and is the sign for all israelies to go out celebrate on the streets and light up the fires for barbecue 3. The only one other occasion a siren is being played is in the Holocoast Memorial day (Yom Hashoaa in Hebrew), to the memory of 6 million Jews murdered by the natzies and those that helped them. this day is usually about a week before the memorial+independence days. In this day the siren is played at usually 10:00 AM

I feel the need to expand on two things: 1) Tipping is totally optional. It’s NOT like in the US. Here, ‘tipped workers’ have the same minimum wage as non-tipped, so unless the law ever changes or has changed without my knowledge (in which case, do your research. I simply never eat at restaurants), don’t tip out of a feeling of necessity but rather if you truly feel like you got outstanding service. Entirely your discretion. 2) The two memorial days are Zionazi psyops that perpetuate idol worship and the fetishism that was made of the Holocaust. One of those days the Zionazis purposely placed on a month that by Jewish doctrine forbids mourning and despondency (The month of Nissan, which is now) whilst the international Holocaust memorial is sometime during the winter. Do NOT get the wrong idea: Standing in silence like an obtuse statue out of peer pressure and deamonisation by seculars and religious pretenders is NOT a Jewish practice; it’s a Zionazi practice and many Jews in Israel, myself included, are beyond fed up with and insulted by. If you ever see Jews not partaking in this farce, know that it’s because of the things I’ve just explained. All this from a G-d fearing Jew who doesn’t take BS from anyone and who will continue on his way on his Ebike very soon because these two socially abrasive days are just around the corner. Peace and love to all.

The Memorial day section is incorrect. There is the Holocaust Memorial Day, and the Military/Victims of Terrorism Memorial Day. They are a week apart, and each has its own sirens. The day after the Military/Victims of Terrorism Memorial Day is Independence Day, so it is not a sad day and has no sirens.