"The Carmel Beach Promenade in Haifa has become an unpleasant place"

"The beach promenade can compete with that of Tel Aviv, but we will not return to it"

Last weekend (27/5/22) the resident of southern Israel came to visit Haifa with his family, among other things the family spent time at the Carmel beach promenade, in the hotel area. After the visit, the same person published a post on Facebook, in which he said that he and his family really like coming to Haifa and love its promenade, which they claim can easily compete with the Tel Aviv promenade, but this time, the writer noted, the visit to the promenade was unpleasant, to say the least, and as a result, he and his family decided that They will not return to her again.

This is what the post says:

"It is true that I am from the south, but I like to come to your beautiful city. As a guest for a moment, I must raise an important point: your promenade does not fall short of that of Tel Aviv or Herzliya and it is fun in every respect. But yesterday, Friday night, I have to admit with regret that the experience of the trip With my family on the boardwalk, it reminded me less of Herzliya and more of the Bedouin diaspora near the house. Young Arabs running amok, driving wildly, and worst of all - throwing comments at my daughters. All this around 23:00 PM in the area of ​​the Leonardo Hotel. No police, no enforcement, complete lawlessness. Friends, If this lovely place is dear to your heart and you are interested in people from outside the city continuing to come to it, you must take care of law and order."

Councilor Kirill Kartnik Submitted a query on the subject to the mayor, after the post was circulated on Facebook, and received many responses. In the query, Kartnik asks to receive data on the number of municipal inspectors who maintain order on the boardwalk during the summer, Kartnik also asks to know what the budget is allocated for this purpose and raises the possibility that it needs to be increased. Kartnik also wants to know what steps the municipality is taking to increase the sense of security for visitors to the Carmel beach promenade.

At the end of the query, Kartnik wonders if and how the municipality works so that visitors who come to Haifa from other cities will have a positive experience, one that will make them come back and visit it.

In response to the post, a number of residents replied that the problem is not that there are no inspectors at the beach on Friday evening, but that the inspectors themselves turn a blind eye to the situation on the boardwalk and in fact allow young people to riot there and disturb passers-by.

"I no longer walk on the Carmel beach"

"I used to love walking on the beach at the Carmel beach promenade," says the educator Hana Morg, who lives in the estate, "but lately it's been very unpleasant there and I've moved my walks to Bat Galim beach. It's quiet and very pleasant to walk in Bat Galim. I feel that on the beaches, Zamir and the Meridian Promenade are not pleasant. Young people are sitting there in droves on the hills. There are also quite a few vehicles there with identification plates from the territories. It really bothers me that there is no presence there, neither of the police nor of the municipality's security patrol. Nevertheless, it is a main entertainment center in the months the summer".

The police said that as long as no complaint is filed, the matter is not investigated.
The Haifa Municipality stated in response that queries will be answered by the city council, as usual.