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NEW YORK – Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ – Today the Israel Ministry of Tourism revealed record-breaking numbers of travelers from the United States who visited Israel during July and August. The country welcomed 78,000 Americans in July 2022. This was a 4 percent increase over 2019 seven thousand tourists from America visited Israel in August 2022.

Eyal Carlin (North American Tourism Commissioner) said it was exciting to see an increase in tourism to Israel from the United States. Already surpassing our record-breaking figures for 2019 he stated. “The United States remains our biggest market for tourism to Israel. Before the COVID-19 epidemic that was in the news, we had record-breaking monthly numbers of tourists entering the country. We are thrilled to see this positive shift and are expecting an upward trend that will continue for months and even years.

Canada is not far from the United States of America, is poised to surpass the number of tourists visiting Israel. The country had 7,200 tourists in July 2022 as well as 6,000 tourists in August.

Gal Hana is the Consul and Director for Canada within the Israel Ministry of Tourism. “We aren’t too far from our record 2019 numbers We are hoping that this increase in the number of travelers to Israel will further increase as Canadians remain at ease travelling abroad.”

Israel welcomed more tourists from around the world in 2019 than any other nation. 969 600 of them were Americans. Israel’s official opening for all travelers was May 2018. The country has already welcomed more than 600,400 US travelers since then.

About the Israel Ministry of Tourism

The Israel Ministry of Tourism, Israel’s tourism agency, is responsible for designing and conducting promotional and marketing programs to increase awareness of Israel as a popular tourist destination. IMOT is aiming to increase the number of tourists visiting Israel and enhance and broaden the experience for tourists. IMOT is a proponent of Israel’s amazing array of cultural, religious food, historic, and culinary places of interest – each offering a unique combination of tradition and modernity. North America’s IMOT offices are located in New York, Los Angeles. Atlanta, Chicago, Chicago, Toronto, and Chicago.

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