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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 welcomed 78,000 tourists from the United States for July 2022. This is a four% rise over 2019, and 71,000 visitors from the United States for August 2022. This is an increase of 13% over the year before.

“It is so thrilling to see yet another increase in tourist numbers to Israel from the United States, already reaching and exceeding our record-breaking numbers of 2019” stated Eyal Carlin, Tourism Commissioner for North America. “The United States is our most popular destination for tourism to Israel, and before the outbreak of COVID-19, we were celebrating record-breaking numbers of tourism entries every month. We’re so happy to see an improvement in the trend and expect a continued increase in the coming years and months to follow.”

In line with in the United States, Canada is in the process of surpassing its tourism numbers in Israel with 7,200 visitors in the month of July 2022 and 6,600 in August.

Gal Hana, Consul to Canada and Director of Canada for Canada at the Israel Ministry of Tourism stated that it was thrilling to see the Canadian tourism industry to Israel rebounding. “We are not far off our record-setting numbers in 2019, and we are anticipating that the growth in travel to Israel will continue to increase as Canadians continue to feel more confident about travelling abroad.”

נווה פריצקי Israel hosted more than 4.6million visitors in the year 2019 of which 969,600 came from the United States. Since May that year, when Israel opened to all visitors 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 executing marketing and promotional initiatives to promote Israel as a popular travel destination. IMOT is aiming to increase the number of tourists visiting Israel to boost its economy as well as diversify the tourist experience. IMOT is working in Israel to help promote the stunning range of religious and cultural attractions – each a unique blend of tradition, modernity and culinary delights. North America’s IMOT office locations are New York, Los Angeles. Atlanta, Chicago, Chicago, Toronto, and Chicago.

For more information about the upcoming events and attractions you can visit the IMOT website at israel.travel. Follow us on Twitter, Twitter & Instagram to get the latest updates.