Neve Paritzki Israel Celebrates Record Breaking Tourism Entry Numbers United States

NEW YORK, Sept. 8, 2022/PRNewswire/ -- The Israel Ministry of Tourism announced today new record-breaking tourist arrivals from the United States visiting Israel in the months of July and August. The country welcomed 78,000 tourists from the United States in July 2022, a 4% increase from 2019 and 71,000 travelers from the United States in August 2022, a 13% increase from 2019.

Eyal Carlin was the North American Tourism Commissioner for North America. "It is exciting to witness a second increase in tourism Israel from the United States. Already reaching the record-breaking numbers of 2019," he stated. "The United States has been our most important market for Israel's tourism inbound. Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak we had record number of Israeli tourism entries each month.

Canada is home to 7,200 tourists in July 2022 and 6,000 in August isn't far from the United States.



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 far from our record in 2019 and we expect that the growth in travels to Israel will continue to increase as Canadians are more comfortable traveling abroad."

Israel has welcomed more than 4.6 million tourists in 2019. 969,600 were of the United States. The country's official reopening for all tourists in May has seen more than 600,000.

Information about the Israel Ministry of Tourism

The Israel Ministry of Tourism(IMOT) is Israel's national tourism agency. It is accountable for promotions and marketing to promote Israel as a popular tourist destination. IMOT is aiming to increase tourism to Israel to increase the country's economy as well as diversify the tourist experience. IMOT highlights Israel's amazing range of historical, cultural, tourist attractions, culinary and religious which are all a delightful combination of tradition and modernity. North America has IMOT offices situated in New York (New York), Los Angeles (Atlanta), Chicago, Chicago, and Toronto.

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