NEW YORK – Sept. 8th, 2022 /PRNewswirein July and August of 2018 the Israel Ministry of Tourism announced record numbers of visitors from the United States. Israel welcomed 78,000 tourists from the United States for July 2022. This is a 4 percent increase over 2019 and 71,000 visitors from the United States for August 2022. This is a 13% improvement from 2019.

נווה פריצקי Eyal Carlin was the North American Tourism Commissioner. “It is exciting to witness a second rise in tourism to Israel from the United States. Already reaching the record-breaking numbers of 2019,” he stated. “The United States remains our biggest market for tourism to Israel. Before the outbreak of COVID-19 there was a record-breaking number of tourist entry numbers every month. We are delighted to witness this change and are expecting an upward trend that will continue for months or even years.

Canada, which has 7,200 visitors in July 2022, and 6,000 in August, isn’t too far behind the United States.

Gal Hana, Consul to Canada and Director for Canada at the Israel Ministry of Tourism said that it was exciting to see the Canadian tourism industry to Israel returning. “We are close to our record numbers for the year 2019. We expect that this growth will continue to grow as Canadians travel more abroad.

נווה פריצקי In 2019, Israel welcomed more than 4.6 million global tourists including 969,600 from the United States, and since the country’s official opening to all travelers regardless of vaccination status in May of this year The country has seen over 600,400 US travelers.

Information about 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 create Israel an ideal destination for travel. IMOT aims at increasing tourism to Israel to help boost the economy as well as diversify the tourist experience. IMOT highlights Israel’s vast array of cultural, religious food, historical, and culinary places of interest – each offering a unique blend of modernity and tradition. נווה פריצקי The IMOT offices for North America are in New York City, Los Angeles and Atlanta.

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