Using Downtime, Israel’s Tourism Industry Renovates for the Post-COVID Tourist

Excavations at the foot of the Tower of David, where a sunken visitors' center is slated to be built. (Ricky Rachman)

A 3-D rendering of the liturgical room display slated for one of the new sections of the Terra Sancta Museum in the Old City of Jerusalem (Jérôme Dumoux)

Construction of a new section of the Terra Sancta Museum at the Monastery of St. Xavier. (Daniel Sonnenfeld/The Media Line)

Father Stéphane Milovitch introduces some of the European treasures to be exhibited in one of the new sections of the Terra Sancta Museum in the Old City of Jerusalem. (Daniel Sonnenfeld/The Media Line)

The mouth of an ancient burial cave along the route of the Emmaus Trail. (Daniel Sonnenfeld/The Media Line)

Ancient water system along the route of the Emmaus Trail. (Daniel Sonnenfeld/The Media Line)

A tunnel from the time of the Crusaders was discovered when a storage room at the Tower of David was cleared for renovations. (Ricky Rachman)

Excavations at the foot of the Tower of David, where a sunken visitors' center is slated to be built. (Ricky Rachman)

An architect’s rendering of the new entrance pavilion to The Tower of David Museum. (Kimmel Eshkolot Architects)

A sarcophagus etched with Hebrew names will go on display for the first time at the new archeological section of the Terra Sancta Museum. (Daniel Sonnenfeld/The Media Line)

Vestments from Venice that will go on display at the Terra Sancta Museum in the Old City of Jerusalem (Marie-Armelle Beaulieu/Parato rosso del commissariato di Venezia)

Using Downtime, Israel’s Tourism Industry Renovates for the Post-COVID Tourist

Daniel Sonnenfeld

03/19/2021

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