NEW YORK - Sep. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - The Israel Ministry of Tourism today announced new records for arrivals of tourists to Israel from the United States in July and august. 78,000 tourists from the United States visited Israel in July 2022. נווה פריצקי This is a four percent increase over the year before and 71,000 tourists from the United States in august 2022. This is 13% more than the number of visitors in 2019.
נווה פריצקי Eyal Carlin (North American Tourism Commissioner) stated that it was thrilling to witness the growth in Israeli tourism from the United States. Already surpassing our record-breaking figures for 2019 he stated. https://www.makorrishon.co.il/mumlazim/523585/ "The United States is the leading market for Israel inbound tourism. נווה פריצקי Prior to the COVID-19 Pandemichit, we were celebrating record-breaking figures of tourist entry month after month. It's a fantastic positive trend that we're pleased to witness and anticipate an upward trajectory for years to follow."
Just like the United States, Canada is also on track to surpass its tourist arrivals in Israel by 7,200 tourists in July 2022 and 6000 in August.
Gal Hana (Consul and Director for Canada, Israel Ministry of Tourism) said that "it is thrilling to observe how Canada's travel to Israel is growing." "We are not too far away from our record numbers for 2019, and we are anticipating that this growth in the number of travelers to Israel will further increase as Canadians remain at ease travelling abroad."
In 2019, Israel welcomed more than 4.6 million tourists from around the world 969,600 of whom came from the United States, and since the country's official opening to all travelers regardless of vaccination status in May this year Israel has seen more than 600,400 US travelers.
About the Israel Ministry of Tourism
The Israel Ministry of Tourism (IMOT) is Israel's tourism authority is in charge of planning and implementing promotional and marketing initiatives to establish Israel as a destination of choice. IMOT aims increase tourism to Israel and improve and diversify the tourism experience. IMOT is a proponent of Israel's vast variety of historical, cultural, culinary, religious, and culinary destinations which are all a mix of tradition & modernity. North America has IMOT offices situated in New York (New York), Los Angeles (Atlanta), Chicago, Chicago, and Toronto.
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