The sub-committee for principled planning issues recommended to the National Council for Planning and Construction to approve as a precedent the removal of the height restriction for the construction of hotels on the north coast in Eilat. The meaning of the recommendation is that it will be possible to build up to twenty stories high instead of eight.

Minister of Tourism, Haim Katz: “We are bringing huge news to Eilat. Hundreds and even thousands of rooms will be added to the city. The move will encourage competition, remove excess bureaucracy for a hotel that wants to renew itself, and allow entrepreneurs who have not yet built to increase their supply. I will work to continue removing barriers, in favor of increasing the pace of hotel construction in Israel”.

The National Council for Planning and Construction will approve the request of the Ministry of Tourism submitted under the guidance of Minister Haim Katz, in order to implement his policy to add sleeping rooms and shorten bureaucracy in hotel construction.

As part of the decision that was made, TMA 13 will be amended and will now allow the construction of hotels near the water line to a height of 45 and 60 meters, reflecting a range ranging from 12-20 floors, instead of a limit of only eight floors.