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NEW YORK – Sept. 8th, 2022/PRNewswire/ — In July and August 2018 the Israel Ministry of Tourism recorded record numbers of tourists arriving from the United States. The country received 78,000 travelers from the United States during July 2022, an increase by 4% over 2019 and 71,000 travelers from the United States during August 2022. This is a 13% increase over the year before.

Eyal Carlin was the North American Tourism Commissioner. “It is exciting to see a new increase in tourism Israel from the United States. Already reaching and exceeding our record-breaking number of the year 2019,” he stated. “The United States remains our largest market for Israel-bound tourism. Before the outbreak of COVID-19 there was a record-breaking number of tourist entry numbers every month. We are delighted to see this shift and expect a steady upward trend for months and even years.

Canada, not too far from the United States of America, is poised to surpass its tourist arrivals to Israel. It had 7,200 visitors in the month of July 2022, and 6,000 visitors in visitors in August.

Gal Hana, Consul for Canada and Director of the Israel Ministry of Tourism declared that “it’s so exciting to witness how tourism in Canada is recovering.” “We are close to our record-setting numbers in 2019. We believe that this increase will continue as Canadians visit more countries.

Israel welcomed more tourists from around the world in the year 2019 than any other country. 969 600 of them were Americans. נווה פריצקי Israel’s official reopening for all tourists was in May of 2018. The country has received over 600,400 US travellers since that time.

Information about the Israel Ministry of Tourism

The Israel Ministry of Tourism (IMOT) is the country’s tourism authority responsible for preparing and implementing marketing and promotional initiatives that position Israel as a preferred destination for travelers. IMOT seeks to boost tourism traffic in order to help support the Israeli economy as well as to diversify and enhance visitors’ experience. IMOT helps promote Israel’s impressive assortment of historical, cultural, culinary, and religious tourist attractions, each offering perfect mix of tradition and modernity. North America’s IMOT office locations are New York, Los Angeles. Atlanta, Chicago, Chicago, Toronto, and Chicago.

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