Visit Israel virtually. A multimedia experience, including 100 videos, 130 panoramic images and dozens of photos is available for viewing, to all of our online visitors worldwide. This new enterprise is accessible via the various Israel Ministry of Tourism websites or this direct link: www.goisrael.com/vt.

As part of the virtual tour you can choose one of 10 different itineraries, each 10 days long: general route, Jewish route, Christian route, culture and history, nature, food & wine, family travel, archaeology, leisure, and route for disabled travelers. Among the different sites to "visit" are Caesarea, the Western Wall, the old city of Jerusalem, Mitzpe Ramon, Gamla Park, Hayarkon Park, Katzrin, Bental Mountain, Mount Hermon and much more. Detailed and general information is available for each site.

Israel Ministry of Tourism's website, www.goisrael.com is translated into 11 languages, and is the main website providing access to information the potential tourist, including vital, valuable and comprehensive reports on accommodations, attractions, events, packages and more.

During 2008 the Israel Ministry of Tourism's website was visited by 3.5 million online visitors worldwide; an increase of 100% from 2007. More than 830,000 of the visitors were from the United States, 227,000 visitors from Italy, 200,000 from France and 150,000 from Russia. The citizens of Israel enjoy the website as well, and form 18% of the online visitors.