Thank you for your time and interest in participating in the Training for Employment Programme. Here you kind find instructions for individuals who have qualified to participate in the programme and have been accordingly notified. Important Note: If you haven’t…
JAHZEEN.ps, Palestine’s tourism-readiness and resilience e-learning platform, was recently featured in a publication by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. The GIZ publication is a brochure entitled: “Destination 2030: Tourism changes people | regions | the world”. Achieving…
For the past several weeks Siraj Center has been implementing several training courses on COVID-19 health protocols, in cooperation with the Palestinian Heritage Trail, using the tourism readiness e-learning portal Jahzeen.ps, targeting those working in the tourism sector and responsible for…
On the evening of Tuesday, April 27th, 2021, the Palestinian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (MoTA) awarded official reopening certification to the Oasis Hotel in Jericho. Mr. Majed Ishaq, the Director-General of Tourism Marketing and Media at the Palestine Ministry of…
The past several months have been a great challenge for the Palestinian tourism industry due to the unprecedented crisis of COVID-19. In order to prepare the Palestine tourism sector for reopening, the Palestinian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (MoTA) has…
In the wake of COVID-19, the Palestinian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (MoTA) and the Palestinian Tourism Recovery Taskforce (PTRT) have carried out several interventions conducive to reopening the Palestinian tourism sector. They have increased the readiness of Palestinian tourism…
To tackle the impact of the pandemic on the Palestine tourism industry, the Ministry of Tourism & Antiquities (MoTA) formed the Palestinian Tourism Recovery Taskforce (PTRT). The task force, which includes representatives from the public and private sectors, is responsible for implementing…
The global impact of the COVID-19 crisis has become unprecedented with over half the world’s population in lockdown. Beyond just affecting labor markets and health care systems, the pandemic has affected economic sectors all over the world. The global tourism…
There is no doubt of the severe socio-economic impact that COVID-19 has had on the Palestinian tourism industry. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), about 54% of workers in the West Bank were unable to work during…