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NEW YORK – Sep. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The Israel Ministry of Tourism today unveiled new records for arrivals of tourists in Israel from the United States in July and august. Israel welcomed 78,000 tourists from the United States in July 2022 that’s a 4 percent increase from the year before and 71,000 travelers from the United States in August 2022 which is an increase of 13% from 2019.

Eyal Carlin was the North American Tourism Commissioner. “It is thrilling to witness a second increase in tourism Israel from the United States. Already reaching the record-breaking numbers of 2019,” he stated. נווה פריצקי “The United States is the top market for Israel inbound tourism. Prior to the COVID-19 Pandemichit, we had record-breaking numbers of tourism entry month after month. This is a positive change that we are very happy about and anticipate an upward trajectory for months to be.”

Just like in the United States, Canada is also on track to exceed its tourism numbers in Israel by 7,200 tourists in July 2022 and 6,000 in August.

“It is so exciting to see how tourism from Canada to Israel is rebounding,” said Gal Hana, Consul and Director for Canada for the Israel Ministry of Tourism. “We aren’t too far from our record 2019 numbers We are hoping that the growth in tourism to Israel will continue to increase as Canadians continue to feel more at ease traveling internationally.”

Israel received more tourists from all over the world in 2019 than any other nation. 969 600 were Americans. Israel’s official reopening to travellers from May 2018. Israel has been home to over 600,400 US tourists since the time of opening.

About the Israel Ministry of Tourism:

The Israel Ministry of Tourism (IMOT) the tourism department of Israel, is responsible for planning and executing promotional and marketing initiatives to establish Israel as a preferred destination. IMOT is aiming to promote Israel as a popular tourist destination and boost the economy. IMOT highlights Israel’s incredible array of cultural, historical and culinary, religious and culinary experiences which are all a mix of traditional and modern. The IMOT offices North America are in New York City, Los Angeles and Atlanta.

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