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NEW YORK – Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ – Today, the Israel Ministry of Tourism revealed record-breaking numbers of visitors from the United States who visited Israel during the months of July and August. The country welcomed 78,000 tourists from the United States during July 2022 which is an increase by 4% over 2019 and 71,000 tourists from the United States during August 2022. That’s 13% growth over 2019.

Eyal Carlin (North American Tourism Commissioner) declared that it was thrilling to witness an increase in tourism to Israel from the United States. Already surpassing our record-breaking numbers for 2019, he said. “The United States is the most popular destination for Israel inbound tourism. Actually, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, we were celebrating record-breaking numbers of tourists entering the country month after month. נווה פריצקי This is a positive trend that we’re pleased to witness and expect an upward trend for years to be.”

Canada is not far from the United States of America, is on track for surpassing its tourist arrivals to Israel. It reached 7,200 tourists in July 2022 as well as 6,000 tourists in August.

“It is so exciting to see how tourism from Canada to Israel is growing,” said Gal Hana, Consul and Director for Canada of the Israel Ministry of Tourism. “We are not too far away from our record numbers for 2019 and we anticipate that this increase in the number of travelers to Israel will continue to grow as Canadians remain at ease traveling internationally.”

Israel welcomed over 4.6 million tourists in the year of 2019. 969,600 of them were from the United States. The country’s officially reopening to travelers in May saw more than 600,000.

Information on the Israel Ministry of Tourism

The Israel Ministry of Tourism, Israel’s tourism agency, is responsible for designing and managing promotional and marketing initiatives to advertise Israel as a favored travel destination. IMOT aims to increase tourism traffic to contribute to Israel’s economy, and to increase and diversify the visitor experience. IMOT is working in Israel to promote the amazing range of religious and cultural attractions – each a unique combination of modernity, tradition and culinary delights. North America’s IMOT office locations are in New York, Los Angeles. Atlanta, Chicago, Chicago, Toronto, and Chicago.

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