Closer ties and easier travel: Israel eyes pre-war tourist levels from India by 2027
Israel aims to restore tourist arrivals from India to pre-war levels by 2027 through improved marketing and visa processes. Despite the ongoing conflict, officials remain optimistic about the resilience of the Indian travel market.
Why it matters
It reflects the economic and diplomatic efforts of a nation to maintain international ties and tourism revenue during geopolitical instability.
Israel expects tourist arrivals from India to return to pre-war levels by 2027, driven by stronger marketing, better air connectivity, streamlined visa process, and closer bilateral ties, a senior tourism official has said.
Israel had witnessed one of its strongest tourism recoveries following the COVID-19 pandemic before the conflict interrupted its growth trajectory, Amruta Bangera, Director of Marketing, Israel Ministry of Tourism, told PTI in Panaji on Saturday (July 25, 2026).
"Around 69,100 Indian visitors travelled to Israel in 2019, while nearly 44,000 visited between January and September 2023, before the (Israel-Gaza) war," she said.
"Our recovery following the pandemic was among the strongest across our key source markets, and we were on track to match, or even surpass, pre-pandemic arrival levels," she noted.
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