You already know how fresh fruit and vegetables are grown in the Israeli desert all year round and how fish is bred. Today I would like to talk about how money is earned in Israel, and there is no desert anymore. And also I want to speak about what conditions Israeli municipalities create for the rest of citizens.
As you may recall, recently, together with the delegation of Ukrainian parliamentarians, I paid a working visit to Israel. Including the city of Ashdod, where the Ukrainian delegation got acquainted with the work of port, customs and municipality. So, Ashdod is the city in which there are no natural resources. But there are the sea and urban services, which efficiently use the resource that is available to them.
They actively began to equip the beaches of Ashdod seven years ago and now they are among the best in Israel. Either the residents from the surrounding region or the people from the capital come to relax there. The city has seven municipal beaches. At the photo below you can see the usual playgrounds on an ordinary municipal beach of Ashdod. And they are not built for the elections but according the planned program.
The rescue and first-aid stations work absolutely at all the beaches: rescuers and doctors regularly rehearse emergencies - even tsunami! It is clear that everywhere there are toilets, changing rooms, showers and water taps, sports and training grounds. What else? It is possible to reach any of the city's beaches by car, taxi, public transport or bike. Bike paths lead to each beach. And, of course, there are different types of parking lots and parking spaces for all the transport. Free. Also, on the beaches the conditions for the disabled people were created: everywhere there are tracks with special rampants for wheelchair users, and it is possible to drive up right to the water.
This year, for the second time in a row, all seven city beaches of Ashdod were awarded the international certificate of “beach” quality - the “Blue Flag”. This means that the water on the beaches meets the highest quality standards, it is perfectly safe for swimming, the beach can be accessed freely, the sand on the beach is clean, there you will not see dogs or mopeds, etc. In total there are 29 criteria, according which the rating is given.
The rescue and first-aid stations work absolutely at all the beaches: rescuers and doctors regularly rehearse emergencies - even tsunami! It is clear that everywhere there are toilets, changing rooms, showers and water taps, sports and training grounds. What else? It is possible to reach any of the city's beaches by car, taxi, public transport or bike. Bike paths lead to each beach. And, of course, there are different types of parking lots and parking spaces for all the transport. Free. Also, on the beaches the conditions for the disabled people were created: everywhere there are tracks with special rampants for wheelchair users, and it is possible to drive up right to the water.
This year, for the second time in a row, all seven city beaches of Ashdod were awarded the international certificate of “beach” quality - the “Blue Flag”. This means that the water on the beaches meets the highest quality standards, it is perfectly safe for swimming, the beach can be accessed freely, the sand on the beach is clean, there you will not see dogs or mopeds, etc. In total there are 29 criteria, according which the rating is given.
When I talked to the mayor of Ashdod Ihiel Lasri, he said that the municipality is doing everything possible to make the coast attractive to the largest number of tourists. The sea is the only natural wealth of the city, so in Ashdod they try not to squeeze the last drop out of it (as they like to do it here in our country), and they try to make it absolutely comfortable and safe. How should we, the Ukrainians, start to understand the value of our existing natural resources?
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