Posted on 09/06/21
| News Source: Arutz-7
After months of tightly restricted entry into the country for non-citizens, Israel is preparing to allow some tourists into the country.
As infection rates decline amid growing optimism Israel has seen the worst of the fourth wave of the COVID pandemic, the Israeli government is preparing to gradually reopen the country to tourism.
The first stage of the staggered reopening will begin on September 19th, after Yom Kippur and just ahead of the Sukkot festival.
In the pilot program for the reopening of the tourism industry, only tour groups will be allowed to return, with individual tourists still barred from entering the country.
Groups of five to 30 tourists will be permitted in under the program, with all tourists seeking entry required to be vaccinated against COVID.