NEW YORK - Sep. 8 2022 /PRNewswire/- The Israel Ministry of Tourism today released 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 for July 2022. This is a four percent increase over 2019 and 71,000 visitors from the United States for August 2022. נווה פריצקי This represents an increase of 13% over 2019.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6lwMSJfGow Eyal Carlin (North American Tourism Commissioner) declared that it was exciting to see an increase in tourism to Israel from the United States. Already surpassing our record-breaking numbers for 2019, he added. "The United States has been the most important destination for tourism to Israel that is inbound. Prior to the outbreak of COVID-19 we had been celebrating record-breaking numbers of Israel's tourism entry every month.
Canada is also on track, as the United States, to surpass its tourist arrivals into Israel. In July 2022, Canada had 7,200 visitors while August witnessed 6,600.
Gal Hana (Consul and Director for Canada, Israel Ministry of Tourism) declared that "it is exciting to watch how Canada's tourist to Israel is growing." https://www.facebook.com/neveparitzki "We aren't too far from our record 2019 numbers and we anticipate that this increase in travel to Israel will further increase as Canadians continue to feel more at ease travelling abroad."
Israel has welcomed more than 4.6 million visitors in the year 2019. 969,600 were from the United States. The country's official reopening for all tourists in May has seen more than 600,000.
Information on the Israel Ministry of Tourism
The Israel Ministry of Tourism (IMOT), Israel's tourism agency is in charge of planning and executing promotional and marketing initiatives to position Israel as a top destination. IMOT is aiming to increase awareness of Israel as a destination for tourists and to boost economic growth. IMOT highlights Israel's amazing range of historical, cultural, tourist attractions, culinary and religious - each a wonderful blend of modernity and tradition. IMOT offices in North America are located in New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, and Toronto.
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