Israel interested in attracting Azerbaijani investors to tourism sector, Minister
Jerusalem, October 30 (AZERTAC). Israeli Tourism Minister Stas Misezhnikov has expressed his country`s interest in attracting Azerbaijani investment to its tourism industry.
“The Israeli government is ready to support Azerbaijani investors in all fields, particularly in the tourism one,” he told journalists.
Calling Israel “an island of stability in a stormy world”, the Minister said the current government is the most stable of all previous ones.
“The investors acknowledge this too. The Israeli government may pay Azerbaijani investors 20 percent of the total cost of the deal. Israel guarantees a stable business climate in the country, and foreign investors can safely operate here.”
“Today, the government is working on a program for the development of tourism at the Dead Sea, which will see the building of new hotels and infrastructure, and its implementation might be a good opportunity for Azerbaijani investors,” the Israeli Minister added.
Misezhnikov noted the Ministry had submitted to the Israeli government a draft program to reduce the prices of tourism services in the country, expressing confidence “this will definitely play an important role in increasing the flow of tourists from Azerbaijan”.
“Official figures suggest that today the number of the Azerbaijani tourists visiting Israel is very small, only about two thousand people. But the ministry is interested in increasing this figure.”
The Minister said it was not ruled out that the visa regime between the two countries would be simplified in the future with the aim of boosting the number of tourists.
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