Israel offers security concept for North Caucasus Resorts

MOSCOW, July 22 (Itar-Tass) -- The Israeli ElbitSecurity Company
offered its security concept for North Caucasus Resorts which plan to
attract a growing number of tourists.
"Israel is among the world leaders in ensuring security and fighting
terrorism. Israeli experience will be definitely fruitful for North
Caucasus," company CEO Alexey Nevsky said on Thursday.
He said conditions in Israel were similar to North Caucasus where the
terrorist threat is high and where the number of tourists is planned to
increase to one million.
"Israeli experience can well be adapted to North Caucasus," Nevsky
said.
He recalled Jerusalem had experienced 42 attempted terrorist attacks
by suicide bombers and only 12 were prevented in 2000-2004. The death toll
amounted to a thousand people and 5.500 were wounded. 30 percent of the
killed were foreign tourists.
A complex security system introduced in 2004 radically improved the
situation. Only one terrorist act was reported in Jerusalem since then and
did not result in loss of life. The number of foreign tourists in Israel
increased from one to three million people a year.
North Caucasus Resorts is currently considering proposals of leading
security companies for the introduction in the volatile region where
tourism was very popular in Soviet years.