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NEW YORK, Sept. 8, 2022/PRNewswire The Israel Ministry of Tourism announced today new record-breaking tourist arrivals 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 percentage increase over 2019 and 71,000 visitors from the United States in august 2022. This is 13% higher than in the year 2019.

“It is so exciting to once again see an increase in tourism to Israel from the United States, already reaching and exceeding our record-breaking numbers of 2019” stated Eyal Carlin, Tourism Commissioner for North America. “The United States has been our most important destination for tourism to Israel that is inbound. Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, we had record numbers of Israel’s tourism entry each month.

Canada, not too far from that of the United States of America, is set to beat its tourist arrivals to Israel. It reached 7,200 visitors in the month of July 2022 as well as 6,000 visitors in August.

“It is thrilling to see how the Canadian tourism to Israel is booming,” said Gal Hana Consul and Director of Canada of the Israel Ministry of Tourism. “We are not too far away from our record for 2019 and we are anticipating that the increase in travel to Israel will continue to grow because Canadians feel more confident about traveling abroad.”

Israel received more than 4.6 million tourists in the year of 2019. 969,600 were of the United States. The country’s officially reopening to travelers in May was a success, with more than 600,000.

Information about the Israel Ministry of Tourism

The Israel Ministry of Tourism (IMOT), Israel’s tourism agency is responsible for preparing and implementing promotional and marketing initiatives to establish Israel as a preferred destination. IMOT seeks to boost tourism to Israel to boost its economic growth and enhance the visitor experience. IMOT is a proponent of Israel’s vast variety of historical, cultural and religious, as well as culinary and culinary experiences which are all a mix of tradition & modernity. North America’s IMOT offices are located in New York, Los Angeles. Atlanta, Chicago, Chicago, Toronto, and Chicago.

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