Israel backing new Thomson budget flights to Tel Aviv
Posted on November 4, 2007 • By Miriam Schwab
Category: Art and Culture Leave a Comment
The Guardian, one of England’s largest papers, has published a review of Thomson airline’s new budget flights to Israel. Apparently, Israel’s tourist board is wisely contributing to this new offering by covering a percentage of Thomson’s marketing budget.
The writer asks a representative from Israel’s tourist board if Tel Aviv is safe, and he is told that “you can walk down the street at night without fear.” The writer says that he didn’t mean crime, he meant bombs. I guess that if you can walk down the street at night that doesn’t indicate safety for some reason. But anyways, Uzi Gafni and a Thomsonfly rep answer him as follows:
Travellers face such dangers elsewhere in the world, Mr Gafni points out, and adds that there have been no attacks in Tel Aviv for a year.
Guy Stephenson, from Thomsonfly, argues that Egypt, Turkey and Morocco have suffered more from terrorism recently, although he concedes the perception remains that Israel is particularly badly afflicted.
And then, in typical British fashion, man-on-the-scene makes sure we all remember that “None of these arguments, of course, will convince people who abjure travel to Israel because of the country’s stance on Palestine.” Does he write these types of caveats when he’s reviewing travel to, say,
[Hat tip to Michael Horesh for pointing out this article and the typical British caveat]
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