NEW YORK – Sept. 8th, 2022/PRNewswire• In July and August 2018, the Israel Ministry of Tourism recorded record numbers of visitors from America. The country welcomed 78,000 tourists from the United States during July 2022, an increase of 4% over the year before and 71,000 travelers from the United States during August 2022. This is a 13% growth over 2019.

Eyal Carlin is the North American Tourism Commissioner of the United States. He stated, “It’s so exciting to witness a further increasing number of tourists visiting Israel from America, which is already reaching or surpassing our record-breaking numbers for 2019”. “The United States is our most popular destination for tourism to Israel, and before the COVID-19 epidemic, we were celebrating record-breaking tourist numbers month after month; We’re extremely pleased to witness an improvement in the trend and expect a continued upward trajectory for years and months to follow.”

Canada which isn’t too far behind that of the United States of America, is poised to surpass the number of tourists visiting Israel. The country had 7,200 visitors in the month of July 2022 as well as 6,000 August.

“It is thrilling to see how tourism from Canada to Israel is booming,” said Gal Hana Consul and Director of Canada for the Israel Ministry of Tourism. “We are not far off our record 2019 numbers, and we are anticipating that this growth in tourism to Israel will further increase as Canadians continue to feel more confident about travelling abroad.”

Israel has welcomed more than 4.6 million visitors in the year 2019. 969,600 of them were from the United States. נווה פריצקי The country’s official reopening to all travelers in May has seen more than 600,000.

Information about the Israel Ministry of Tourism

The Israel Ministry of Tourism (IMOT) is Israel’s main tourism agency responsible for planning and implementing marketing and promotional initiatives to promote Israel as a popular travel destination. IMOT is aiming to boost the number of tourists visiting Israel to help Israel’s economy, and to increase and diversify the visitor experience. IMOT is working in Israel to help promote the stunning array of cultural and religious tourist attractions that are each an exceptional blend of tradition, modernity and culinary delights. North American IMOT offices are situated in New York and Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago and Toronto.

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