Israel’s first “Holiday Village,” a $1,000, 000 project built by one of Europe’s foremost travel associations, was officially inaugurated today, on the French National Independence day, by the French Ambassador in Israel.
The village was built by the European Club for Tourism, a non-Jewish travel group with more than 500,000 members in France, and other European countries. The village, situated in the vicinity of Tel Aviv, on the Migdal-Ashkelon Beach, was created by the ECT in cooperation with the Histadrut, Israel’s Labor Federation.
The “Holiday Village” will enable prospective tourists to enjoy in Israel normal hotel comforts at popular prices, such as a two-week stay in the village, and return by Jet plane to Paris, for $200. The village is made up of small bungalows, each with private bathroom, kitchen and patio. It stretches along a private beach.
The initiative of the travel group for the project was taken at the demand of its members, a majority of them non-Jews. Four thousand members have already registered for a vacation at the new village.
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