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NEW YORK – Sep. 8 2022, /PRNewswire/- The Israel Ministry of Tourism today unveiled new records for the number of tourists coming in Israel from the United States in July and August. The country welcomed 78,000 Americans during July 2022. It was a 4 percent increase over 2019 seven thousand tourists from America visited Israel in August 2022.

“It is thrilling to witness a new increase in tourist numbers to Israel from the United States, already reaching and surpassing our record-breaking numbers in 2019.” said Eyal Carlin, Tourism Commissioner for North America. נווה פריצקי “The United States is the top market for Israel inbound tourism. In fact, before the COVID-19 Pandemic, we were celebrating record-breaking numbers of tourism entry month after month. This is a positive trend that we’re happy to see and we anticipate an upward trajectory for years to be.”

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

Gal Hana is the Consul and Director for Canada within the Israel Ministry of Tourism. “We are near our record numbers for the year 2019. We expect that this increase will continue to grow as Canadians are more active in traveling abroad.

In the year 2019, Israel welcomed more than 4.6 million global tourists, 969,600 of them coming from the United States, and since its official reopening for all travelers regardless of the status of their vaccination in May, the country has already received more than 600,400 US visitors.

Information about the Israel Ministry of Tourism

The Israel Ministry of Tourism (IMOT) the tourism department of Israel is in charge of planning and implementing marketing and promotional initiatives to establish Israel as a top destination. IMOT aims increase tourism to Israel and enhance and diversify the tourist experience. IMOT operates in Israel to promote the impressive variety of religious and cultural attractions – each a unique blend of tradition, modernity and culinary delights. North American IMOT offices are situated in New York and Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago and Toronto.

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