*Karachi – Israelis, who landed in Dubai in droves last year afternormalisation of ties between Israel and United Arab Emirates, have nowbecome a menace for the local residents and authorities due to their poorand disrespectful behavior, Ynet News has reported.*
As per reports, Israeli tourists who flocked the bustling city in largenumbers to celebrate the New Year are found involved in stealing lightfittings, cooking in hotel rooms and damaging luxury vehicles. Data bytourism companies revealed that an estimated 66,000 Israelis visited theGulf state in a month.
*Wrongdoings highlighted*
Dubai has become a favored holiday destination for Israeli tourists but badreputation has blackened Israel’s international image.
Even, the Arab media highlighted the wrongdoings of Israeli nationals whostole everything they can in hotels, from towels to bedside light fixtures.The tourism companies complained that most Israelis indulged in wildparties and started cooking inside their hotel rooms in clear violation ofhotel rules. Besides, Israelis also avoided payment for minibar purchasesby replacing the liquor with water.
*Israelis will pay the price*
Commenting on the matter, owner of an Israeli travel company Amalia Lazarovsaid: “The UAE is very accessible to the Israeli visitor now. The fact thatyou can speak a few words in Arabic does not make the hotel desk clerk yourfriend. It is disrespectful to behave as if he is.”
She added, “I have been working in the UAE and in other Arab countries forthe past 12 years and am happy to see Israelis are finally welcomed thereafter years of dreaming of this opportunity. Now it is all blowing up inour faces because of this inappropriate behavior.”
Lazarov warned that things will “end badly” if this behavior continued.”Israelis should undergo some sort of training before visiting the Arabworld and paying $95 for an entrance visa is not enough,” she pointed out.
“I would by lying if I said this did not have an impact on the conversationin the UAE. Some of the companies with which Israelis are coming intocontact are not Emirati-owned. They are Egyptian and Jordanian andLebanese. If we don’t behave better, we will pay the price,” Lazarov said.
Similarly, Egyptian tourism agent in Dubai Omar Abu Khaled said thatIsraelis do not understand where they are and how they must behave.
He mentioned that recently five Israeli nationals were involved in a carcrash incident as they were driving wildly and violated traffic laws. “Thecar overturned and crashed causing great financial damage.”