Posted on 02/09/22
| News Source: i24
'It's an historical moment and an important step in our relations with the UAE'
Israel's Tourism Minister Yoel Razvozov on Wednesday signed an agreement with UAE Minister of State for Entrepreneurship Ahmad Belhoul to boost tourism between the two countries.
Calling the deal "historic," Razvozov said that it will help “establish meaningful relations that will result in great economic benefits for our markets and tourism industries.”
The agreement “will direct tourists from the airports in the Emirates to Israel. Thanks to this, jobs will be added, businesses will be opened and the livelihoods of tourism workers will improve."
The tourism minister called on other Gulf states to follow the example set by Israel and the UAE, whose economic and business ties took off after the normalizing of relations in September 2020 with the US-brokered Abraham Accords.
"It's an historical moment and an important step in our relations with the UAE. We call upon all the Gulf States to follow the lead and together build a new regional reality based on prosperity, security and stability for our people," Razvozov tweeted.