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NEW YORK – Sept. 8th, 2022/PRNewswire• In July and August 2018, the Israel Ministry of Tourism announced record numbers of visitors from the United States. Israel welcomed 78,000 tourists from the United States for July 2022. This is a 4 percent increase over 2019 and 71,000 tourists from the United States for August 2022. This represents an increase of 13% from 2019.

“It is so exciting to witness a new rise in the number of tourists visiting Israel from the United States, already reaching the record-breaking levels in 2019.” said Eyal Carlin, Tourism Commissioner for North America. “The United States is our top market for inbound tourism to Israel and prior to the outbreak of COVID-19 was announced, we had record-breaking tourist numbers month after month; We’re so happy to see this positive change and anticipate a steady upswing for the many months and years to come.”

נווה פריצקי Not far behind in the United States, Canada is also on track to exceed its tourist arrivals in Israel, reaching 7,200 visitors in July 2022 , and 6000 in August.

“It is so exciting to see how Canada’s tourism to Israel is booming,” said Gal Hana Director and Consul for Canada of the Israel Ministry of Tourism. We’re close to reaching our record numbers for 2019, and we anticipate that this surge in tourism to Israel will continue to grow as Canadians are more comfortable at ease when they travel abroad.

Israel welcomed over 4.6 million tourists in 2019. 969,600 of them were of the United States. The country’s official reopening to all travelers in May has seen more than 600,000.

About the Israel Ministry of Tourism

The Israel Ministry of Tourism, Israel’s tourism agency, is responsible for planning and executing marketing and promotional programs to increase awareness of Israel as a popular travel destination. IMOT seeks to boost tourism to Israel to boost its economy and diversify the visitor experience. IMOT is a proponent of Israel’s vast array of cultural, historical and culinary, religious and culinary destinations that blend both modernity and tradition. North American IMOT offices are located in New York and Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago and Toronto.

For more information on forthcoming events and activities go to the website of IMOT at israel.travel. For the most up-to-date information we can be found on Twitter and Facebook.