Na faasilasila e le Faatonusili o le Matagaluega o Turisi, Shaul Zemach, i le Aso Lua, i le faaaliga o turisi sili ona tele i Lusia, e faapea o le maliega e tatau ona sainia i le aso, o le a aveese ai le visa moomia mo turisi mo tagata malaga i Rusia ma Isaraelu.
O le maliega, e sainia e Lusia ma minisita o turisi a Isaraelu, o le a amata faamamaluina i totonu o nai masina.
O le maliega o le fua o le taumafaiga ma le faʻalauiloaina o le tafafao maimoa minisita Yitzhak Aharonovitch ma se tagata tomai faapitoa au minisita.
"Ou te mitamita i le avea o se vaega o le a fesoasoani e suia foliga o tagata tafafao maimoa i Isaraelu ma faateleina le numera o turisi i le lima miliona i nai isi tausaga," o le tala lea a Aharonovitch. "O lenei gaioiga o le a fausiaina ai le faitau afe o galuega fou. O se faʻamanuiaga e sili ona taua ile faʻaititia o tupe maua eseesega ma faʻatapulaʻaina le mativa," o lana faʻaopopo mai lea.
I le 2007, na avea ai Rusia ma vaega lona tolu sili ona tele a le au tafafao maimoa mai turisi, ma ose tasi o pito tele o turisi e mafai ona tupu. E tusa e 193,000 turisi mai Lusia na asia Isaraelu i le 2007, na oʻo i le 163% nai lo le 2006. O Ianuari o le 2008 na siʻitia ai le 256% i le aofaʻi o turisi mai Lusia pe a faʻatusatusa i le vaitaimi tutusa o le tausaga talu ai.
O le tuputupu aʻe o se tasi lea o mea na iʻu i ai taumafaiga a le Matagaluega o Turisi e faʻaleaoga le manaʻoga mo se visa turisi, lea na faʻaosofia ai le fiafia tele ma faʻamoemoega i tagata faʻatau turisi i Lusia. Ole toʻatele o turisi e omai mo aso e tasi e malaga ai i Isaraelu, ma ua manatu le Matagaluega o Turisi e faʻapea o le faʻamamaina ole visa visa a turisi e toʻatele e omai mo taimi uumi.
"I le faʻateʻaina o le turisi visa manaʻoga amata faʻamalosia, matou te manatu o turisi Rusia e oʻo atu i le sili atu 300,000 i le 2008 faʻatusatusa i le 200,000 i le tausaga talu ai, ma le sili atu i le 400,000 i le 2009. E selau ma afe o turisi o le a fausiaina le faitau afe o fou galuega ma selau o miliona o sekeli i tupe faʻaopopo mo le tamaoaiga o Isaraelu. O lenei turisi e faamoemoe e maua ai ni tupe maua e tusa ma le $ 280 miliona i tausaga uma, ”o le tala lea a Zemach.
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