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NEW YORK – September 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -new record-breaking tourist arrivals to the United States were announced today by the Israel Ministry of Tourism. The country welcomed 78,000 Americans in July 2022. It was a four percent increase over 2019, while 71,000 American tourists were in Israel during August 2022.

Eyal Carlin from North America was the Tourism Commissioner. “The United States is the top market for Israel inbound tourism. Prior to the COVID-19 Pandemichit, we were celebrating record breaking numbers of tourism entry each month. It’s a great positive change that we are very happy about and anticipate an upward trajectory for many months to come.”

Canada is set to surpass Israel’s tourist arrivals 7200 tourists are expected to visit Israel in the month of July 2022 and 6,600 in August.

Gal Hana, Consul to Canada and Director for Canada at the Israel Ministry of Tourism said that it was exciting to see the Canadian tourism industry to Israel rebounding. “We are close to our record 2019 numbers. We expect that this growth will continue to grow as Canadians travel more abroad.

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSvNv7Qfm7eu1nMArSzmfQQ/videos Israel welcomed more that 4.6 million international visitors in the year 2019 including 969.600 coming from the United States. In May 2018, Israel opened its doors to all tourists, no matter if they are vaccination-free. Israel has already hosted more than 600,000.

About the Israel Ministry of Tourism

The Israel Ministry of Tourism, Israel’s national agency for tourism designing and managing promotional and marketing initiatives to advertise Israel as a popular tourist destination. IMOT aims for increased tourism to help support the Israeli economy as well as to diversify and enhance the visitor experience. נווה פריצקי IMOT is working in Israel to promote the amazing variety of religious and cultural places of interest – each offering a distinct mix of modernity, tradition and delicious food. The IMOT offices in North America are in New York City, Los Angeles and Atlanta.

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