Originally Posted by
sabbasolo
There was an article recently in themarker quoting numbers showing that over half of the subsidised tickets were tourists who immediately transferred to Aqaba for their vacation. Hotels in Eilat are increasingly dependent on internal tourism according to the report.
Wow. What a waste of taxpayer money. They should at least charge a 45 Euro "Exit Fee" at the Aqaba crossing to make up for that or stop the subsidies altogether.