If it feels like Ben Gurion Airport never stops running—the official numbers prove it. In 2025, Israelis made 9.4 million trips abroad, a jump of roughly 33% in one year. And on the flip side? The number of tourists who came to Israel did rise, but remained significantly low—with only about 1.3 million arrivals.
1+Inbound tourism, meanwhile, is still far from pre-war levels. During 2025, Israel recorded about 1.3 million arrivals of tourists and day visitors, an increase of 37.1% compared to 2024, when only about a million came. 92% of arrivals were by air and 8% by land.
The gap between Israelis flying abroad and tourists coming to Israel shows up in the money, too. Israelis spent 46.3 billion shekels on trips at home and abroad in 2025, compared to 38.3 billion shekels in 2024. Foreign tourists spent 12.1 billion shekels in Israel, compared to 9.2 billion shekels the previous year.
1+Hotels tell a similar story. In 2025, tourist hotels recorded 21 million overnight stays, compared to 22.5 million in 2024. Israeli overnight stays dropped to 17.8 million, compared to 20.7 million the year before. Still, tourist overnight stays rose to 3.1 million, compared to 1.9 million in 2024.
In 2025, Israel had 437 tourist hotels with about 57,800 rooms. Room occupancy stood at 53%, and hotel revenue totaled 13.7 billion shekels.
Despite the drop in total overnight stays, the tourism sector accounted for about 1.7% of gross domestic product at base prices, compared to 1.5% in 2024. The sector employed about 3.2% of all workers in the economy.
The numbers point to some recovery in inbound tourism, but also to a significant gap between Israelis who continue taking vacations abroad and the volume of tourism coming to Israel.