Thursday and Sunday slated to be busiest days at Ben-Gurion Airport, with 50,000 travelers in 24 hours. Most popular destinations this year: Turkey, US, Germany, Italy and England
The most popular destinations this period between October 1-11 are Turkey (with about 500 flights and 70,000 passengers); the United States (about 167 flights and 38,000 passengers); Germany (about 196 flights and 34,000 passengers); Italy (239 flights and 32,000 passengers); and England (142 flights and 27,000 passengers).
The Israel Airports Authority (IAA) said in a statement that passengers passing through Ben-Gurion Airport are invited to visit a sukkah built near Terminal 3 (between Gates 2 and 3).
According to an initial summarization made by theParks and Nature Authority(サイトにて訪問してイスラエル国内の国立公園をチャック出来ます。), some 400,000 travelers visited the Authority's sites duringSukkotand the mid-holidays. Based on estimations, an additional million travelers visited the free admittance nature reserves and national park.
Visitors at the Stalactite Cave Nature Reserve (Photo: Rinat Russo)
The data includes repeat visits and multi-day trips considered as separate visits. Uzi Barzily, the authority's marketing director attributed the high turnout to last week's good weather, which compelled more people attend festivals and various holiday events. "The week of Sukkot is always a busy time for supervisors and park employees," Says Barzilay, adding that "except for the vandalizingof Avdat National Park
, no irregular events were reported."
Herodium(エルサレム南とベツレヘムの東に位置)andQumran National Parks(死海の北西に位置)visitors enjoyed dramatized tours and encounters with historic figures, whileHula Nature Reservehosted thousands of pelicans who stopped by for a snack, as part of a joint feeding program initiated by the Nature and Parks Authority and the Ministry of Agriculture.
According to Jewish National Fund, some 1.5 million travelers visited their forests and parks nation-wide. Many of the travelers chose to camp over-night in trailer parks, while others brought picnic baskets and bicycles.