Neve Paritzki Israel Celebrates RecordBreaking Tourism Entry From the USA

NEW YORK - Sep. 8 2022, /PRNewswire/ The Israel Ministry of Tourism today announced new records for tourist arrivals in Israel from the United States in July and August. Israel welcomed 78,000 tourists from the United States for July 2022. This represents a 4 percent increase over 2019 and 71,000 tourists from the United States for August 2022. This is a 13% improvement from the year before.



נווה פריצקי 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. "The United States is the top market for Israel inbound tourism. Prior to the COVID-19 Pandemic, we were celebrating record-breaking numbers of tourists entering the country month after month. This is a positive change that we are very happy about and anticipate an increase in the many months to follow."

Canada, not too far from that of the United States of America, is poised to surpass the number of tourists visiting Israel. It had 7,200 visitors in the month of July 2022, and 6,000 visitors in visitors in August.

Gal Hana, Consul to Canada and Director of Canada for Canada at the Israel Ministry of Tourism said that it was thrilling to see the Canadian tourism industry to Israel growing. We are still not far from our record numbers in 2019, and we are hoping that this surge in Israel travel will continue to grow as Canadians feel more comfortable travelling abroad."

Israel welcomed more that 4.6 million international visitors in 2019, with 969.600 being from the United States. In May 2018, Israel opened its doors to all visitors, regardless if they are vaccination-free. The country has already hosted more than 600,000.

Information on the Israel Ministry of Tourism

The Israel Ministry of Tourism (IMOT) is Israel's main tourism organization responsible for planning and implementing marketing and promotion initiatives that position Israel as a top destination for travel. IMOT seeks to boost the number of tourists visiting Israel to help boost the economic growth and enhance the visitor experience. IMOT promotes Israel’s amazing variety of historical, cultural and culinary, religious and culinary attractions which are all a mix of traditional and modern. North America's IMOT office locations are in New York, Los Angeles. Atlanta, Chicago, Chicago, Toronto, and Chicago.

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