The sub-committee for principled planning issues in the planning directorate will discuss amendments that will encourage entrepreneurs and remove bureaucratic barriers to increase the number of lodging rooms that can be built in rural areas.

The sub-committee will advise up to 25% mixed uses of commerce and housing in the area is intended for tourism; Cancel the ban on the establishment of lodging rooms in a rural texture integrated into the urban envelope; Enable the transformation into a hotel of buildings for conservation that are currently in open areas.

Minister of Tourism Haim Katz: “The program we are promoting will dramatically increase the supply of lodging rooms in Israel, encourage competition and lead to diversity in the tourism product. The amendment will encourage entrepreneurs, remove excess regulation and is expected to change the tourism map”.