shopping on election day: Israelis spent over NIS 630 million between 9:00 and 16:00

Many Israelis took advantage of the Sabbath day to shop at various malls and shops. More than 2.6 million credit transactions were carried out, in the amount of over NIS 630 million, between 9:00 and 16:00, according to data from the IAA (Automatic Banking Services). Compared to the last September 2019 elections.
It also emerged from the data that since the morning hours, there was a strong movement of credit card purchases compared to regular weekday. The rate of credit card transactions was more than 7,000 transactions per minute between 1 pm and 2 pm. At this time, more than 450,000 transactions totaling NIS 110 million were made.
Compared to the September election campaign, between 11:00 and 15:00, more than 1.7 million transactions were made in the IAA systems, compared with 1.56 million transactions less than six months ago. At this time, credit transactions totaled NIS 395 million, Compared to September 360 million.
In addition to shopping, many Israelis chose to visit the nature reserves and parks. 150,000 travelers and about 10,000 tourists visited the various locations. These include 3,000 visitors to Masada, 5,600 in Hayarkon Park, 4,200 in Banias, 3,000 in Caesarea and Ashkelon, 3,100 in Beit Guvrin and 2,400 in Nahal Ayun.
Saul Goldstein, executive director of the Nature and Parks Authority, addressed a fruitful day for visitors, saying: "We are delighted that the citizens of the state have chosen correctly, as in all recent elections. We were delighted to host the thousands of visitors to the National Parks and Parks, and it turned out that the wildlife was happy to host as well. Wishing all of us that the government that sets up will hold its first session in the outdoors and allow wildlife and all their neighbors to come and talk about what has been going on lately. "