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NEW YORK – Sep. 8 2022 /PRNewswire/- The Israel Ministry of Tourism today released new records for tourist arrivals in Israel from the United States in July and August. The country welcomed 78,000 tourists from the United States during July 2022 which is an increase of 4% over the year before and 71,000 visitors from the United States during August 2022. נווה פריצקי This is a 13% increase over the year before.

Eyal Carlin is the North American Tourism Commissioner for North America. He stated, “It’s so exciting to again see an increase of tourism to Israel from America, which is already in the process of surpassing or exceeding our record breaking numbers of 2019”. “The United States is the most popular destination for Israel inbound tourism. Actually, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, we had record-breaking numbers of tourism entry month after month. This is a positive shift that we are pleased to witness and anticipate an upward trajectory for months to follow.”

Canada is also on track, just as the United States, to surpass its tourist arrivals into Israel. In July 2022, Canada had 7,200 visitors while August was a record the number increase to 6,000.

Gal Hana (Consul and Director for Canada, Israel Ministry of Tourism) said that “it is exciting to see how Canada’s tourism to Israel is rebounding.” “We are not too far away from our record-setting numbers in 2019 and we anticipate that this increase in tourism to Israel will continue to grow as Canadians continue to feel more at ease travelling abroad.”

Israel hosted more than 4.6million visitors in the year 2019, 969,600 of which were from the United States. Since May when the country was reopened to all travelers, regardless of their vaccination status over 600,000.400 US visitors have visited Israel.

Information about the Israel Ministry of Tourism

The Israel Ministry of Tourism is Israel’s national tourist agency. It plans and implements marketing and promotional activities to create Israel the top destination for tourists. IMOT is aiming to promote Israel as a tourist destination and to boost economic growth. IMOT is a proponent of Israel’s vast variety of historical, cultural, culinary, religious, and culinary attractions that blend both modernity and tradition. IMOT offices located in North America are located in New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, and Toronto.

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