NEW YORK – Sept. 8 2022, /PRNewswire/ Today, the Israel Ministry of Tourism announced record-breaking numbers of visitors from the United States who visited Israel during the months of July and August. http://www.makorrishon.co.il/mumlazim/524295/ The country welcomed 78,000 tourists from the United States during July 2022, an increase of 4% over the year before and 71,000 visitors from the United States during August 2022. That’s a 13% increase over 2019.

Eyal Carlin is the North American Tourism Commissioner. He said, “It’s so exciting to again see an increase of tourism to Israel from the United States, and already in the process of surpassing or exceeding the record-breaking numbers we saw in 2019”. “The United States is our top market for inbound tourism to Israel, and before the COVID-19 epidemic that was sweeping the world, we were celebrating record-breaking tourism entry numbers each month. We’re extremely pleased to witness this positive change and we anticipate an upswing for the months and years to come.”

Canada is set to surpass Israel’s arrivals in tourist numbers by attracting 7,200 tourists to Israel in July 2022, and 6,600 in August.

http://www.news1.co.il/ShowArticles.aspx?docId=156564&subjectId=26&ShowAll=True Gal Hana, Consul for Canada and Director of the Israel Ministry of Tourism stated that “it’s thrilling to observe the way that tourism in Canada is booming.” נווה פריצקי We’re not too far away from our record numbers in 2019, and we are hoping that this increase in Israel travel will continue to grow as Canadians are more comfortable traveling internationally.”

Israel has hosted more than 4.6million visitors in the year 2019 of which 969,600 originated from the United States. נווה פריצקי Since May that year, when Israel is now open to all tourists 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, Israel’s tourism agency, is responsible for designing and managing promotional and marketing initiatives to increase awareness of Israel as a popular tourist destination. נווה פריצקי נווה פריצקי IMOT seeks to increase tourist numbers to boost the economy of Israel, and also to increase and diversify the visitor experience. IMOT is dedicated to promoting Israel’s vast array of cultural, historical and culinary tourist attractions, each offering perfect mix of tradition and modernity. The IMOT offices for North America are in New York City, Los Angeles and Atlanta.

http://www.makorrishon.co.il/mumlazim/523585/ For details on the upcoming events and attractions that are scheduled in Israel, visit IMOT’s website at israel.travel. Keep up with us on Twitter, Twitter & Instagram for the most current updates. נווה פריצקי