Travel Daily | Israel Travel Centre wins trade award

The awards honour the vibrant Israeli and Australian business communities and their bilateral trade initiatives. This year they were honoured to have The Hon. Andrew STONER, NSW Deputy Premier, Minister for Trade and Investment, and Minister for Regional Infrastructure and Services as guest speaker at the NSW event. Minister Stoner’s participation highlights the NSW Government’s focus on further developing the strong trade relationship between the State of NSW and the State of Israel.

Among the 17 companies receiving the Trade Award last night was the specialist travel wholesaler: The Israel Travel Centre who was recognized for their contribution to promoting Tourism to Israel.

Merav Gonen, Trade & Tourism Manager at The Israel Trade & Tourism Commission noted the strong growth in the number of Tourists travelling from Australia to Israel, with of 32% increase in the number of Australians who chose Israel as their holiday destination in 2010.

Gonen invited travel agents who are interested to learn more about this unique and growing destination to come to the “Beautiful Israel” seminar to be held in Sydney next month.

Israel offers a diverse “attraction menu” of ancient biblical sites and sunny Mediterranean beaches, history and culture, people & landscapes, holy places, lively markets and nightlife all within close proximity.

Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv- Israel’s 2 main cities and most striking opposites, have been voted by Travel+Leisure Magazine, as second and third on the list of best cities in Africa and the Middle East .

Jerusalem was also ranked in the top 25 destinations in the world by ‘Trip advisor’.