NEW YORK – Sept. 8th, 2022/PRNewswirein July and August of 2018 the Israel Ministry of Tourism recorded record numbers of tourist arrivals from the United States. Israel received 78,000 visitors 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 13% growth over 2019.

“It is so thrilling to see yet another rise in the number of tourists visiting Israel from the United States, already reaching and exceeding our record-breaking numbers in 2019,” said Eyal Carlin, Tourism Commissioner for North America. “The United States is our number one market for travel to Israel, and before the COVID-19 pandemic, we were celebrating record-breaking tourism entry numbers every month. We’re extremely pleased to witness an improvement in the trend and we anticipate an upswing for the years and months to be.”

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSvNv7Qfm7eu1nMArSzmfQQ/videos Canada is also on track, like the United States, to surpass the amount of tourists that visit Israel. In July 2022, Canada received 7,200 visitors and August was a record 6,600.

Gal Hana (Consul and Director for Canada, Israel Ministry of Tourism) stated that “it is exciting to watch how Canada’s tourist to Israel is booming.” “We are not too far away from our record-setting numbers in 2019, and we are anticipating that this increase in travel to Israel will continue to grow as Canadians continue to feel more confident about travelling abroad.”

Israel has hosted more than 4.6million visitors in the year 2019, of which 969,600 originated from the United States. 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 is Israel’s national tourist agency. It develops and executes marketing and promotion actions to create Israel an ideal destination for travel. IMOT aims for increased tourism to boost the economy of Israel as well as to diversify and enhance the visitor experience. IMOT is working in Israel to promote the amazing variety of religious and cultural tourist attractions that are each an exceptional mix of modernity, tradition, and culinary delights. נווה פריצקי IMOT office locations located in North America are located in New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, and Toronto.

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