2020-12-18 09:35:58 GMT2020-12-18 17:35:58(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
by Nick Kolyohin
JERUSALEM, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- As Israel is facing a possible third national lockdown with the surge in the number of COVID-19 infections, the Dead Sea resort seems to have become a growing magnet for domestic tourists looking for a break from the stress caused by the pandemic.
The Dead Sea resort, along with the the coastal city of Eilat, both on the shores of the Red Sea, was granted on Wednesday special government permission to remain open for tourism, at least until mid-January, as a Green Island.
Tsippy and Yaakov Hollander, a tourist couple at the Dead Sea resort, told Xinhua that the Dead Sea is not yet full of people as it used to be before the COVID-19 crisis.