NEW YORK – Sep. 8 2022 /PRNewswire/ The Israel Ministry of Tourism today released new records for tourist arrivals to Israel from the United States in July and August. Israel welcomed 78,000 American tourists during July 2022. It was a 4 percent increase from 2019, while 71,000 American tourists were in Israel during August 2022.

Eyal Carlin (North American Tourism Commissioner) stated that it was exciting to observe the growth in Israeli tourism from the United States. נווה פריצקי Already surpassing our record-breaking figures for 2019, he said. נווה פריצקי נווה פריצקי “The United States is our most popular destination for tourism to Israel, and before the outbreak of COVID-19 was announced, we had record-breaking tourism entry numbers each month. We’re so happy to see such a positive shift and anticipate a steady upswing for the years and months to follow.”

Canada, not too far from the United States of America, is on track for surpassing the tourist numbers to Israel. It reached 7,200 visitors in July 2022 as well as 6,000 August.

Gal Hana is the Consul and Director for Canada in the Israel Ministry of Tourism. We are close to our record-setting numbers for the year 2019, and we are anticipating that this increase in travel to Israel will continue as Canadians are more comfortable at ease when they travel abroad.

Israel hosted more than 4.6million tourists in 2019, 969,600 of which came from the United States. Since May that year, when Israel reopened to all travelers regardless of vaccination status, more than 600,000.400 US visitors have visited Israel.

Information about the Israel Ministry of Tourism

The Israel Ministry of Tourism(IMOT) is Israel’s main tourism authority. It is in charge of promotions and marketing to promote Israel as a top tourist destination. IMOT strives to increase awareness of Israel as a destination for tourists and to boost economic growth. IMOT is a proponent of Israel’s incredible variety of cultural, historical, tourist attractions, culinary and religious that are each a perfect blend of modernity and tradition. נווה פריצקי North American IMOT offices are situated in New York and Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago and Toronto.

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