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NEW YORK – September 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -new record-breaking tourism arrivals from the United States were announced today by the Israel Ministry of Tourism. Israel received 78,000 visitors from the United States during July 2022, an increase of 4% over the year before and 71,000 tourists from the United States during August 2022. נווה פריצקי That’s a 13% growth over 2019.

Eyal Carlin was the North American Tourism Commissioner for North America. “It is exciting to once again witness an rise in tourism to Israel from the United States. Already reaching and surpassing our record-breaking figure in 2019,” he stated. “The United States is our top market for inbound tourism to Israel and prior to the COVID-19 epidemic was announced, we had record-breaking tourist numbers every month. We’re so happy to see such a positive shift and anticipate a steady upward trajectory for years and months to be.”

Canada is also on track, like the United States, to surpass the amount of tourists that visit Israel. In July 2022, Canada received 7,200 visitors and August was a record 6,600.

Gal Hana is the Consul and Director for Canada within the Israel Ministry of Tourism. We’re close to reaching our record numbers for 2019, and we are anticipating that this surge in tourism to Israel will continue as Canadians feel more at home in Israel.

In 2019, Israel welcomed more than 4.6 million international tourists 969,600 of whom came from the United States, and since its official reopening to any traveler regardless of vaccination status in May, the country has already seen over 600,400 US travelers.

Information about the Israel Ministry of Tourism:

The Israel Ministry of Tourism (IMOT) is Israel’s main tourism authority responsible for preparing and implementing marketing and promotional initiatives that position Israel as a popular travel destination. IMOT seeks to boost tourism traffic in order to support Israel’s economy as well as to diversify and enhance the visitor experience. IMOT highlights Israel’s incredible array of cultural, historical and culinary, religious and culinary experiences that blend both modernity and tradition. North America’s IMOT office locations are New York, Los Angeles. Atlanta, Chicago, Chicago, Toronto, and Chicago.

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