As tourism to Israel slowly rebuilds following the Gaza war, we’d highly recommend any of the regular attractions you’d expect to come and see in the Holy Land. And once the Gaza hangover is shaken off, it could be yet another record breaking year for Israeli tourism. Let’s hope so.
Apart from the regular tourist attractions, we’re particularly looking forward to the following three scheduled events in 2009:
Pope Benedict XVI is scheduled to visit in May. This should keep Israel in the news headlines, and for the right reasons…- Tel Aviv celebrates its centenary. The City That Never Sleeps is 100 and is set to party throughout the year. We’ll keep you updated with the best of the events.
- Depeche Mode are scheduled to perform in May. After their last minute cancellation in 2006, thanks to the Second Lebanon War, the lads from Basildon are set to compensate their long suffering Israeli fans by opening their world tour in the Holy Land. My tickets are purchased.
We will, of course, keep you updated with any other biggie events that crop up in 2009. Let’s hope there’s many of them, and that you get to enjoy some of them yourself, over here in the Holy Land!