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NEW YORK – Sept. 8th, 2022/PRNewswire• In July and August 2018 the Israel Ministry of Tourism reported record numbers of tourist arrivals from the United States. 78,000 tourists from the United States visited Israel in July 2022. This is a four% increase over 2019, and 71,000 visitors from the United States in august 2022. This is 13% higher than in the year 2019.

Eyal Carlin is the North American Tourism Commissioner for North America. He stated, “It’s so exciting to once more see an rise in tourism to Israel from America, which is already reaching or surpassing our record breaking numbers of 2019”. “The United States is the most popular destination for Israel inbound tourism. In fact, before the COVID-19 Pandemic, we had record-breaking numbers of tourism entry every month. It’s a great positive trend that we’re happy to see and we anticipate an increase in the years to be.”

Not far behind the United States, Canada is in the process of surpassing the number of tourists visiting Israel, reaching 7,200 visitors in July 2022 and 6,000 in August.

Gal Hana (Consul and Director for Canada, Israel Ministry of Tourism) stated that “it is so exciting to observe how Canada’s travel to Israel is rebounding.” We are still not far from our record numbers in 2019, and we are hoping that this increase in Israel travel will continue to increase as Canadians find it easier to travel abroad.”

Israel hosted more than 4.6million tourists in 2019 of which 969,600 originated from the United States. Since May, when the country opened to all visitors, regardless of their vaccination status over 600,000.400 US visitors have visited Israel.

Information about the Israel Ministry of Tourism

The Israel Ministry of Tourism(IMOT) is Israel’s national tourism organization. It is accountable for promotion and marketing initiatives to establish Israel as a top tourist destination. IMOT is aiming to boost tourism traffic to contribute to Israel’s economyand enhance and diversify the visiting experience. IMOT promotes Israel’s incredible range of religious, cultural food, historic, and culinary attractions – each a perfect combination of tradition and modernity. IMOT offices in North America are located in New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, and Toronto.

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