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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 American tourists in July 2022. It was a 4 percent increase over 2019 and 71,000 tourists from the United States were in Israel during August 2022.

“It is thrilling to witness a new increase in tourist numbers to Israel from the United States, already reaching and surpassing our record-breaking numbers of 2019.” stated Eyal Carlin, Tourism Commissioner for North America. “The United States remains our most important market for Israel-bound tourism. נווה פריצקי Before the COVID-19 epidemic that was in the news, we had record-breaking tourist entry numbers every month. We are thrilled to see this positive shift and expect a steady upward trend for months or even years.

Canada is poised to surpass Israel’s arrivals in tourist numbers by attracting 7,200 tourists to Israel in July 2022, and 6,600 in August.

Gal Hana, Consul for Canada and Director of the Israel Ministry of Tourism declared that “it’s so exciting to witness how Canada’s tourism is rebounding.” We’re still not far from our record numbers for 2019, and we anticipate that this increase in Israel travel will continue to grow as Canadians feel more comfortable travelling across the world.”

Israel has 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 is now open to all tourists 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, Israel’s national agency for tourism planning and managing promotional and marketing initiatives to increase awareness of Israel as a popular travel destination. IMOT aims for increased tourism traffic in order to boost the economy of Israel and diversify and enhance the visitor experience. IMOT helps promote Israel’s impressive assortment of historical, cultural, culinary, and religious attractions – each the perfect blend of modernity and tradition. North America’s IMOT office locations are New York, Los Angeles. Atlanta, Chicago, Chicago, Toronto, and Chicago.

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