TORONTO — Tour operators from Canada and around the ***** arrive in ****** this week to attend WHERE ELSE: ****** Tourism Convention and Conference 2013.

Initiated by the Ministry of Tourism in collaboration with partner companies and organizations, ORTRA – Professional Conference Organizers, EL AL ****** Airlines, Arkia Israeli Airlines, the ****** Hotel Association and ****** Incoming Tour Operators Association, the conference will take place between Thursday, Dec. 5 and Wednesday, Dec. 11.

As part of promoting the State of ******, this convention’s target is to ****** delegates from around the globe to the many options that ****** can offer their clients. The Where Else program includes featured lectures, tours and information sessions aimed at promoting tourism to ****** both in the lucrative religious and leisure markets.

“Having our newest sales channels, and other ****** stake holders see and experience the product will result in a greater understanding of the true business potential ****** can deliver, and is imperative to their respective company’s success,” said Ami Allon, Consul for Tourism, Director ****** Government Tourist Office – Canada. “We anticipate that the Canadian delegates and others, who attended Where Else, will work to expand their menu of niche package tours to ******.”

During the convention, delegates will tour extensively throughout the country with a program that includes options to the country’s North and South regions, and will visit places in and around ******: ********, The **** Sea, Eilat, Jerusalem, Caesarea, Haifa, Tiberias and the Galilee area.

The Canadian delegation includes: Brett Walker, Collette Vacations Canada; Georgios Dimitrakopoulos, Mr. Travel; Hayley Grossman, Insight Vacations; Aphrodite Karagioules, Land of the Gods; Robert Sharp, Out Adventures; Jacob Mazgaonkar, EL AL ****** Airlines; Ami Allon, Consul for Tourism, Director ****** Government Tourist Office –Canada.