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מדינת ישראל STATE OF ISRAEL TOURISM 2018 PUBLICATION No. 1781 www.cbs.gov.il Jerusalem, December 2019 Copyright © 2019 The State of Israel ISSN 0333-6204 PREFACE This publication summarizes data on tourism in Israel in 2018, which were processed at the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) and by other bodies. Some of the data were previously published in CBS periodicals, and other data are presented here for the first time. The publication is the result of a joint effort by the CBS and the Ministry of Tourism, which finances the surveys on accommodation services as well as the production of this publication. Dr. Yaron Ergas, Director of Research, Statistics, and Knowledge Management at the Ministry of Tourism, assisted in this effort. The CBS wishes to thank all those who assisted in providing data regularly, which enabled us to assemble and process the data presented here: the Israel Police, which provided the material that served as a basis for data concerning the movements of tourists and Israelis at Israel’s borders; the Israel Hotel Association; and all hotels and places of accommodation, which supplied data on accommodation services; the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel, which supplied data on youth hostels in field schools; and the Youth Hostels Association and the Israel Nature and Parks Authority. Special thanks are extended to rural tourism operators. Avigail Levi Senior Department Director Economic-Business Statistics Jerusalem, 2019 ( 3 ) Staff of the Central Bureau of Statistics who Participated in the Preparation of the Publication Directorate of the Bureau: Avigail Levi – Senior Department Director Ronit Nissenboim – Deputy Senior Department Director Tourism Statistics Sector: Tilda Khait – Director of Sector – Publication Co-ordinator Lena Ostrovsky Nicole Amor Osnat Levy Shoshana Basher Erez Trabelsi Omry Romano Senior Department of Information Technology: Marina Klempner – Director of Sector Haya Shwartzman Reut Shaanan-Klopstock Statistical Analysis Sector: Yael Elbaz Senior Department of Surveys: Eti Yaackov-Tessema – Director of Sector Publication Sector: Dalit Goldfus – editing Tamar Ben Yishai – design and preparation for Internet For further information regarding this publication, please call Ms. Tilda Khait, Director of the Tourism Statistics Sector, Tel: 02-6592921. ( 4 ) CONTENTS Page INTRODUCTION 1. General ...................................................................................................... (13) 2. Terms, Definitions, and Explanations ......................................................... (14) 3. Sources of the Data ................................................................................... (32) TABLES (presented in Hebrew order – from right to left) Explanatory Notes ............................................................................................ (38) CHAPTER 1: MOVEMENT OF VISITORS FROM ABROAD AND ISRAELIS AT BORDER CHECKPOINTS Movement of Visitors From Abroad at Border Checkpoints 1. Visitor Arrivals and Departures, and Departures of Israelis Abroad ........... 39 2. Visitor Arrivals and Departures, by Mode of Travel .................................... 40 3. Tourist Arrivals, by Mode of Travel and Border Checkpoint ....................... 42 4. Tourist Arrivals, by Country of Citizenship .................................................. 44 5. Cruise Passengers, by Country of Citizenship ........................................... 45 6. Visitor Arrivals, by Continent, Country of Citizenship, and Mode of Travel ................................................................................... 46 7. Visitor Arrivals, by Continent and Selected Countries of Citizenship, and by Age Group ..................................................................................... 50 8. Visitor Arrivals, by Age Group, and by Continent and Selected Countries of Citizenship....................................................... 52 9. Visitor Departures, by Duration of Stay in Israel ......................................... 54 10. Average Duration of Stay (Days) up to One Month and One Year of Departing Tourists, by Country of Citizenship and Age Group .............. 55 11. Departing Tourists, by Selected Characteristics and Countries of Citizenship ..................................................................... 56 ( 5 ) Page Movement of Israelis at Border Checkpoints 12. Movements of Israelis Through Borders, by Mode of Travel ...................... 61 13. Departures of Israelis Abroad, by Mode of Travel and Border Checkpoint .............................................................................. 62 14. Departures of Israelis Abroad, by Age Group ............................................. 63 15. Departures of Israelis Abroad, by Age, Sex, and Mode of Travel ............... 64 16. Returns of Israelis From Abroad, by Duration of Stay ................................ 65 17. Returns of Israelis From Abroad, by Mode of Travel and Border Checkpoint ................................................ 66 18. Returns of Israelis From Abroad, by Age, Sex, and Mode of Travel .......... 67 19. Returns of Israelis From Abroad, by Duration of Stay and Mode of Travel ................................................................................... 68 20. Average Duration of Stay of Israelis Abroad, by Mode of Travel ................ 69 CHAPTER 2: AVIATION 21. International Air Traffic (Aircraft Landing and Passengers Arriving and Departing), by Nationality of the Airline and Type of Flight ................. 73 22. International Air Traffic, by Airline and Type of Flight ................................. 74 CHAPTER 3: INCOME AND EXPENDITURE IN FOREIGN CURRENCY 23. Income From Tourism and Expenditure of Israelis Departing Abroad ........ 77 CHAPTER 4: ACCOMMODATION SERVICES Hotels 24. Hotels: Rooms, Beds, Guests, Person-Nights and Occupancy .................. 82 25. Tourist Hotels and Rooms, by District, and by Selected Sub-Districts (S.D.) and Localities ............................................................. 84 26. Tourist Hotels and Rooms in Selected Localities, by Level and Type ........ 85 27. Tourist Hotels: Rooms, Beds, Opening Year, and Balance of Change in the Number of Hotels and Rooms, by Level and Type .......................... 86 ( 6 ) Page 28. Beds, Person-Nights and Bed Occupancy in Hotel Services ..................... 88 29. Person-Nights and Occupancy in Tourist Hotels, by Level and Type ......... 90 30. Guests, Person-Nights, and Average Person-Nights per Guest in Tourist Hotels, by Continent of Residence of Guests and by Level and Type of Hotel ................................................................. 92 31. Guests and Person-Nights in Tourist Hotels, by Continent and Country of Residence of Guests in Selected Localities................................................................................. 94 32. Tourist Hotels: Rooms, Beds, Guests, Person-Nights, and Occupancy, by Continent of Residence of Guests and by District and Selected Sub-Districts (S.D.) ...................................... 96 33. Person-Nights and Occupancy in Tourist Hotels, by District, and by Selected Sub-Districts (S.D.) and Localities ................ 98 34. Guests, Person-Nights, and Occupancy in Tourist Hotels at Main Levels in Selected Localities ........................................................ 99 35. Person-Nights and Average Person-Nights per Guest in Tourist Hotels, by Continent of Residence of Guests, and by District and Selected Sub-Districts (S.D.) and Localities ....................................... 100 36. Guests, Person-Nights, and Occupancy in Tourist Hotels in Selected Localities, by Continent of Residence of Guests .................... 102 37. Tourist Hotels in Kibbutzim and Collective Moshavim: Rooms, Beds, Guests, Person-Nights, and Occupancy, by Region ....................... 116 Revenue, Employment, and Wages 38. Revenue, Jobs and Wages in Hotels ......................................................... 118 39. Revenue and Wages (Gross) in Tourist Hotels, by Level and Type of Hotel ............................................ 120 40. Revenue and Wages (Gross) in Tourist Hotels in Selected Localities ...................................................... 122 41. Revenue and Wages (Gross) in High-Level Tourist Hotels in Selected Localities .................................... 123 ( 7 ) Page 42. Jobs, Employee Jobs, and Average Number of Jobs per Room in Tourist Hotels, by Level and Type of Hotel ............................................ 124 43. Employee Jobs in Tourist Hotels – Total and Those at High Levels, in Selected Localities................................................................................. 125 Other Accommodation Services 44. Youth Hostels and Beds, by District, and by Selected Sub-Districts (S.D.) and Localities .................................. 129 45. Person-Nights and Bed Occupancy in Youth Hostels, by District ............... 130 46. Person-Nights in Youth Hostels ................................................................. 131 47. Rooms and Beds in Christian Hostels, by Locality ..................................... 132 48. Rural Tourism ............................................................................................. 133 49. Private Rural Tourism ................................................................................. 134 50. Rural Tourism in Kibbutzim and Collective Moshavim in Selected Districts and Sub-Districts (S.D.) ...........................................