NEW YORK, Sept. 8th, 2022 /PRNewswire– The Israel Ministry of Tourism announced today record-breaking numbers of tourists from the United States visiting Israel in the months of July and August. The country welcomed 78,000 tourists from the United States during July 2022 which was an increase of 4% over the year before and 71,000 visitors from the United States during August 2022. That’s 13% increase over 2019.

Eyal Carlin from North America was the Tourism Commissioner. “The United States is our top market for inbound tourism to Israel, and before the COVID-19 pandemic was announced, we had record-breaking tourism entry numbers month after month; We’re thrilled to witness an improvement in the trend and we anticipate an increase in the coming years and months to be.”

Canada is also on track, as the United States, to surpass the number of tourists who visit Israel. In July 2022, Canada had 7,200 visitors while August witnessed 6,600.

Gal Hana is the Consul and Director for Canada in the Israel Ministry of Tourism. We are still not far away from our record 2019 numbers and we expect that this growth in Israel travel will continue to grow as Canadians find it easier to travel across the world.”

Israel welcomed over 4.6 million tourists in the year of 2019. 969,600 of them were of the United States. The country’s official reopening for all tourists in May has seen more than 600,000.

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The Israel Ministry of Tourism is Israel’s tourist authority. It is responsible for planning and executing promotions and marketing actions to make Israel an ideal destination for travel. IMOT seeks to increase tourist numbers to boost Israel’s economyand improve and diversify the tourist experience. IMOT is a proponent of Israel’s incredible range of historical, cultural, food and religious sites – each a wonderful blend of modernity and tradition. The IMOT offices in North America are in New York City, Los Angeles and Atlanta.

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