NEW YORK – September 8 2022Record-breaking tourist arrivals from the United States were announced today by the Israel Ministry of Tourism. The country welcomed 78,000 tourists from the United States during July 2022, an increase by 4% over 2019 and 71,000 travelers from the United States during August 2022. That’s 13% increase over the year before.

Eyal Carlin was the North American Tourism Commissioner. “It is thrilling to once again witness an increase in tourism Israel from the United States. Already reaching and surpassing our record-breaking figure in 2019,” he stated. “The United States remains our biggest market for tourism to Israel. Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak there was a record-breaking number of monthly numbers of tourists entering the country. We are thrilled to witness this change and anticipate an ongoing upward trend for months, and possibly years.

Canada is home to 7,200 tourists in July 2022, and 6,000 in August isn’t too much from the United States.

Gal Hana, Consul for Canada and Director of the Israel Ministry of Tourism declared that “it’s so exciting to witness how tourism in Canada is recovering.” We’re still not far from our record numbers in 2019, and we are hoping that this growth in Israel travel will continue to increase as Canadians feel more comfortable travelling across the world.”

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 any traveler regardless of the status of their vaccination in May of this year Israel has witnessed more than 600,400 US travelers.

Information about the Israel Ministry of Tourism

The Israel Ministry of Tourism, Israel’s national agency for tourism creating and conducting promotional and marketing programs to advertise Israel as a popular tourist destination. IMOT aims increase tourism to Israel and improve and diversify the tourist experience. IMOT works to promote Israel’s diverse array of cultural, historical, culinary, and religious tourist attractions, each offering the perfect blend of modernity and tradition. The North American IMOT offices are located in New York and Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago and Toronto.

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