Federation of Travel Agencies and Tourism Consultants in Israel (Registered Association)

To improve and deepen the culture of travel and tourism in Israel and to expand knowledge and use of advanced and updated scientific means, all for the benefit of the general public, users, and those engaged in the travel and tourism industry in Israel. To unite travel and tourism agencies in Israel. To act as an official and authorized representative of the community of travel and tourism agents in Israel, the organization's members, and to represent them before organizations, companies, and governmental, public, economic institutions, embassies, and consulates of foreign countries, in order to assist and promote their interests and activities. To protect the professional interests of members and focus on developing the travel and tourism industry as a whole. To develop and foster social relations between the organization's members and their employees, including their personal welfare and mutual assistance. To supervise and monitor the fair activity of travel and tourism agencies in Israel, maintain professional ethics among members in accordance with all law, including restrictive trade practices law. To promote education and professional knowledge of members through guidance and information provision regarding all matters in the travel and tourism industry. To raise public awareness of the importance of travel agents, improve and promote their image, among other ways through providing professional training to members and developing tools to promote the industry and its members. To engage in matters common to the organization's members in the field of labor relations between them and employees of member companies, including updating members on legislative amendments, court rulings, regulations, and collective agreements, conducting future training sessions for organization members in labor law, acting as a representative of members in regulating relations between members and workers' organizations through collective bargaining in accordance with all law, including restrictive trade practices law and the Collective Agreements Law 5717-1957 and its regulations