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NEW YORK, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The Israel Ministry of Tourism announced today record-breaking numbers of tourists from the United States visiting Israel in the months of July and August. 78,000 visitors from the United States visited Israel in July 2022. This is a 4 percent increase over the year before and 71,000 visitors from the United States in august 2022. This is 13% higher than in the year 2019.

“It is so thrilling to witness a new increase in tourist numbers to Israel from the United States, already reaching and exceeding our record-breaking numbers for the year 2019” said Eyal Carlin, Tourism Commissioner for North America. “The United States has been the most important destination for tourism to Israel that is inbound. Prior to the outbreak of COVID-19 we were celebrating record numbers of Israel’s tourism entry each month.

Canada is on track to surpass Israel’s arrivals in tourist numbers, with 7,200 tourists visiting Israel in the month of July 2022 and 6,600 in August.

Gal Hana (Consul and Director for Canada, Israel Ministry of Tourism) stated that “it is exciting to observe how Canada’s travel to Israel is booming.” “We aren’t too far from our record numbers for 2019, and we are anticipating that this increase in travel to Israel will further increase as Canadians continue to feel more comfortable traveling internationally.”

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

נווה פריצקי About the Israel Ministry of Tourism

The Israel Ministry of Tourism (IMOT) is the country’s tourism organization responsible for planning and implementing marketing and promotion initiatives to promote Israel as a top destination for travelers. IMOT is aiming to increase the number of tourists visiting Israel to increase the country’s economy as well as diversify the tourist experience. IMOT works in Israel to promote the amazing variety of religious and cultural places of interest – each offering a distinct blend of tradition, modernity and culinary delights. IMOT offices located in North America are located in New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, and Toronto.

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