NEW YORK, Sept. 8, 2022/PRNewswire/ — The Israel Ministry of Tourism announced today record-breaking tourism arrivals from the United States visiting Israel in the months of July and August. 78,000 visitors from the United States visited Israel in July 2022. This is a four percent increase over the year before, and 71,000 visitors from the United States in august 2022. This is 13% more than the number of visitors in 2019.

Eyal Carlin was the North American Tourism Commissioner for North America. “It is thrilling to once again witness an rise in tourism to Israel from the United States. נווה פריצקי Already reaching the record-breaking numbers of the year 2019,” he stated. “The United States is our most popular destination for tourism to Israel, and before the COVID-19 epidemic that was sweeping the world, we were celebrating record-breaking tourism entry numbers month after month; We’re so happy to see such a positive shift and expect a continued upswing for the many months and years to be.”

Just like in the United States, Canada is in the process of surpassing its tourist arrivals in Israel by 7,200 tourists in the month of July 2022 and 6,000 in August.

“It is exciting to see how the Canadian tourism to Israel is booming,” said Gal Hana Director and Consul for Canada of the Israel Ministry of Tourism. “We aren’t far off our record in 2019, and we anticipate that the increase in travel to Israel will continue to increase as Canadians feel more confident about traveling across the globe.”

In the year 2019, Israel welcomed more than 4.6 million international tourists 969,600 of whom came from the United States, and since its official reopening to all travelers regardless of the status of their vaccination in May this year, the country has already witnessed over 600,400 US tourists.

Information about the Israel Ministry of Tourism:

The Israel Ministry of Tourism (IMOT) is Israel’s main tourism agency responsible for planning and executing marketing and promotional initiatives that position Israel as a top travel destination. IMOT seeks to increase tourism traffic to contribute to Israel’s economyand enhance and diversify the visiting experience. IMOT promotes Israel’s remarkable array of historical, cultural culinary, and religious attractions – each a wonderful combination of tradition and modernity. North America’s IMOT office locations are New York, Los Angeles. Atlanta, Chicago, Chicago, Toronto, and Chicago.

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