Mateh Yehuda Regional Council- Tourism and Rural Development Master Plan

Client: Mateh Yehuda Regional Council
Project Initiation: 2010
Location: Mateh Yehuda Regional Council
Project Area: 520 square kilometers
Status: Approved
Program: The plan addresses the entire regional council area – the open spaces and 56 different settlements (communal villages, kibbutzim and moshavim). The plan provides tools for developing the tourism resource, from the lone developer (per land parcel), to the settlement and council level
Planning Team: Ari Cohen, Avi Lindenbaum
In partnership with: TIK Projects

The purpose of the master plan is to position the Mateh Yehuda council on the tourist map of Israel as “The Green Heart” – a tourism, leisure and recreational area in the Jerusalem Tel Aviv inter-metropolitan area. Tourism will serve as a lever to strengthen the local economy, as a tool for conservation of open spaces and agricultural activities, and as a source of identity and belonging for residents of the rural communities. The program covers various aspects of the tourism industry: beginning with the open areas, through natural, archeological and historical attractions and including settlement development, business foundations, construction on rural land parcels and more

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The purpose of the master plan is to position the Mateh Yehuda council on the tourist map of Israel as “The Green Heart” – a tourism, leisure and recreational area in the Jerusalem Tel Aviv inter-metropolitan area. Tourism will serve as a lever to strengthen the local economy, as a tool for conservation of open spaces and agricultural activities, and as a source of identity and belonging for residents of the rural communities. The program covers various aspects of the tourism industry: beginning with the open areas, through natural, archeological and historical attractions and including settlement development, business foundations, construction on rural land parcels and more