NEW YORK – Sep. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The Israel Ministry of Tourism today announced new records for the number of tourists coming in Israel from the United States in July and August. The country welcomed 78,000 tourists from the United States during July 2022, an increase by 4% over 2019 and 71,000 tourists from the United States during August 2022. That’s a 13% increase over 2019.

Eyal Carlin was the North American Tourism Commissioner for North America. “It is thrilling to witness a second increase in tourism Israel from the United States. Already reaching and surpassing our record-breaking figure of 2019,” he stated. נווה פריצקי “The United States is the leading market for Israel inbound tourism. In fact, before the COVID-19 pandemic, we were celebrating record-breaking numbers of tourism entry each month. It’s a great positive trend that we’re happy to see and we anticipate an increase in the months to come.”

Canada is in the process, as the United States, to surpass the number of tourists who visit Israel. http://www.bhol.co.il/news/1439018 In July 2022 Canada saw 7,200 tourists and August saw the number increase to 6,000.

Gal Hana, Consul for Canada and Director of the Israel Ministry of Tourism stated that “it’s thrilling to observe the way that tourism in Canada is booming.” “We are not too far away from our record 2019, and we anticipate that the rise in travel to Israel will continue to grow because Canadians feel more confident traveling abroad.”

Israel received more visitors from all over the world in the year 2019 than any other country. 969 600 were Americans. Israel’s official opening for all travelers was May 2018. נווה פריצקי The country has already been home to more than 600,400 US tourists since the time of opening.

About the Israel Ministry of Tourism

The Israel Ministry of Tourism, Israel’s central agency for tourism, is responsible for planning and executing marketing and promotional programs to promote Israel as a favored travel destination. IMOT is aiming to boost the number of tourists visiting Israel to help Israel’s economyand enhance and diversify the visiting experience. IMOT highlights Israel’s incredible array of cultural, historical and religious, as well as culinary and culinary destinations that blend both modernity and tradition. North American IMOT offices are located in New York and Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago and Toronto.

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