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NEW YORK – Sept. 8 2022 /PRNewswire/ Today the Israel Ministry of Tourism announced record-breaking numbers of tourists from the United States who visited Israel during July and August. The country welcomed 78,000 tourists from the United States during July 2022 which is an increase of 4% over the year before and 71,000 travelers from the United States during August 2022. That’s a 13% growth over 2019.

Eyal Carlin from North America was the Tourism Commissioner. “The United States is the most popular destination for Israel inbound tourism. In fact, before the COVID-19 pandemic, we were celebrating record-breaking numbers of tourism entry month after month. נווה פריצקי It’s a fantastic positive change that we are happy to see and we anticipate an upward trajectory for many months to come.”

Canada, which has 7,200 tourists in July 2022 and 6,000 in August, is not much behind the United States.

Gal Hana (Consul and Director for Canada, Israel Ministry of Tourism) stated that “it is thrilling to see how Canada’s tourism to Israel is booming.” We’re not too far away from our record numbers in 2019, and we are hoping that this increase in Israel travel will continue to increase as Canadians find it easier to travel across the world.”

Israel hosted more than 4.6million tourists in 2019 of which 969,600 came from the United States. Since May, when the country is now open to all tourists, regardless of their vaccination status, more than 600,000.400 US visitors have visited Israel.

Information on the Israel Ministry of Tourism

The Israel Ministry of Tourism(IMOT) is Israel’s national tourism organization. It is in charge of promotion and marketing initiatives to establish Israel as a popular tourist destination. IMOT aims for increased tourism traffic in order to help support the Israeli economy as well as to diversify and improve the visitor experience. IMOT helps promote Israel’s vast array of historical, cultural, culinary, and religious attractions – each the perfect blend of modernity and tradition. The IMOT offices in North America are in New York City, Los Angeles and Atlanta.

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