NEW YORK – Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ – Today, the Israel Ministry of Tourism announced record-breaking numbers of visitors from the United States who visited Israel during July and August. Israel welcomed 78,000 American tourists during July 2022. It was a 4 percent increase over the year before and 71,000 tourists from the United States were in Israel during August 2022.

Eyal Carlin (North American Tourism Commissioner) declared that it was exciting to observe the growth in Israeli tourism coming from the United States. Already surpassing the record-breaking numbers of 2019, he added. “The United States is our most popular destination for tourism to Israel and prior to the outbreak of COVID-19, we were celebrating record-breaking numbers of tourism entries each month. We’re extremely pleased to witness an improvement in the trend and expect a continued upward trajectory for many months and years to be.”

Canada is not far behind the United States of America, is set to beat the tourist numbers to Israel. It reached 7,200 visitors in the month of July 2022, and 6,000 visitors in visitors in August.

נווה פריצקי Gal Hana (Consul and Director for Canada, Israel Ministry of Tourism) stated that “it is so exciting to watch how Canada’s tourist to Israel is booming.” “We are not too far away from our record 2019 and we expect that the growth in travels to Israel will continue to grow as Canadians are more comfortable traveling abroad.”

Israel has welcomed more than 4.6 million international tourists in 2019, with 969.600 being from the United States. In May 2018, Israel opened its doors to all tourists, no matter whether they have been vaccination-free. Israel already has hosted more than 600,000 visitors.

Information on 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 make Israel the top destination for tourists. IMOT aims at increasing tourism to Israel to increase the country’s economy and diversify the visitor experience. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IARj0i5sZlw IMOT helps promote Israel’s vast array of historical, cultural, culinary, and religious places of interest – each offering the perfect blend of modernity and tradition. IMOT offices in North America are located in New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, and Toronto.

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