NEW YORK – Sept. 8 2022 /PRNewswire/ Today, the Israel Ministry of Tourism revealed record-breaking numbers of tourists from the United States who visited Israel in the months of July and August. 78,000 tourists from the United States visited Israel in July 2022. This is a four percentage increase over 2019, and 71,000 visitors from the United States in august 2022. This is 13% more than the number of visitors in 2019.

“It is thrilling to see yet another increase in tourism to Israel from the United States, already reaching and surpassing our record-breaking numbers for the year 2019,” stated Eyal Carlin, Tourism Commissioner for North America. “The United States is the top market for Israel inbound tourism. Prior to the COVID-19 Pandemic, we had record-breaking numbers of tourists entering the country every month. It’s a fantastic positive change that we are happy to see and we anticipate an upward trajectory for months to be.”

נווה פריצקי Canada, not too far from that of the United States of America, is set to beat its tourist arrivals to Israel. It reached 7,200 visitors in July 2022 as well as 6,000 visitors in August.

Gal Hana, Consul for Canada and Director of the Israel Ministry of Tourism stated that “it’s amazing to see how tourism in Canada is recovering.” נווה פריצקי We are close to our record numbers for 2019, and we anticipate that this growth in travel to Israel will continue to grow as Canadians feel more at ease abroad.

In the year 2019, Israel welcomed more than 4.6 million tourists from around the world including 969,600 from the United States, and since the country’s official opening to everyone regardless of their vaccination status in May this year Israel has seen more than 600,400 US travelers.

About the Israel Ministry of Tourism

The Israel Ministry of Tourism is Israel’s national tourist agency. It is responsible for planning and executing marketing and promotional activities to make Israel a top travel destination. IMOT aims for increased tourism to support Israel’s economy as well as to diversify and improve the visitor experience. IMOT promotes Israel’s remarkable range of historical, cultural, culinary, and religious attractions – each a wonderful combination of modernity and tradition. North American IMOT offices are located in New York and Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago and Toronto.

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