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NEW YORK – Sept. 8 2022, /PRNewswire/ Today, the Israel Ministry of Tourism revealed record-breaking numbers of tourists from the United States who visited Israel during the months of July and August. Israel welcomed 78,000 tourists from the United States for July 2022. This represents a 4 percent increase over the year before, and 71,000 tourists from the United States for August 2022. This is a 13% improvement from the year before.

Eyal Carlin from North America was the Tourism Commissioner. “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 each month. This is a positive shift that we are happy to see and we expect an upward trend for years to come.”

Canada with 7,200 visitors in July 2022 and 6,000 in August, isn’t too far behind the United States.

Gal Hana (Consul and Director for Canada, Israel Ministry of Tourism) said that “it is thrilling to watch how Canada’s tourist to Israel is growing.” נווה פריצקי “We aren’t far off our record for 2019, and we anticipate that the increase in travel to Israel will continue to grow because Canadians feel more confident about traveling across the globe.”

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

Information about the Israel Ministry of Tourism:

The Israel Ministry of Tourism (IMOT) is Israel’s main tourism agency responsible for planning and implementing marketing and promotion initiatives to position Israel as a popular destination for travel. IMOT is aiming to increase the number of tourists visiting Israel and improve and diversify the tourist experience. IMOT operates in Israel to promote the amazing variety of religious and cultural places of interest – each offering a distinct blend of tradition, modernity, and culinary delights. North America’s IMOT offices are located in New York, Los Angeles. Atlanta, Chicago, Chicago, Toronto, and Chicago.

For more information on the upcoming events and attractions that are scheduled in Israel, visit IMOT’s website at israel.travel. For the latest information we can be found on Twitter and Facebook.