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NEW YORK, Sept. 8, 2022/PRNewswire The Israel Ministry of Tourism announced today record-breaking numbers of tourists from the United States visiting Israel in the months of July and August. 78,000 tourists from the United States visited Israel in July 2022. This is a 4 percent increase over the year before and 71,000 tourists from the United States in august 2022. This is 13% higher than in the year 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 the record-breaking numbers in 2019,” he stated. “The United States is the leading market for Israel inbound tourism. Prior to the COVID-19 Pandemichit, we were celebrating record breaking figures of tourist entry each month. It’s a fantastic positive trend that we’re happy to see and we anticipate an upward trajectory for many months to follow.”

Not far behind the United States, Canada is also on track to surpass the number of tourists visiting Israel by 7,200 tourists in July 2022 and 6000 in August.

נווה פריצקי Gal Hana (Consul and Director for Canada, Israel Ministry of Tourism) stated that “it is thrilling to observe how Canada’s travel to Israel is rebounding.” “We are close to our record 2019 numbers. We believe that this growth will continue as Canadians travel more abroad.

Israel welcomed more tourists from around the world in the year 2019 than any other country. 969 600 were American. נווה פריצקי Israel’s official reopening for all tourists was in May of 2018. Israel has received over 600,400 US tourists since the time of opening.

Information on the Israel Ministry of Tourism

The Israel Ministry of Tourism (IMOT) is the country’s tourism organization responsible for planning and implementing marketing and promotion initiatives that position Israel as a top destination for travelers. IMOT aims increase tourism to Israel as well as enhance and diversify the tourist experience. IMOT highlights Israel’s amazing range of historical, cultural, tourist attractions, culinary and religious that are each a perfect combination of modernity and tradition. North America has IMOT offices located in New York (New York), Los Angeles (Atlanta), Chicago, Chicago, and Toronto.

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