Neve Paritzki Israel celebrates record-breaking tourism entry Numbers from the United States

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Neve Paritzki Israel celebrates record-breaking tourism entry Numbers from the United States

NEW YORK - Sep. 8 2022, /PRNewswire/ The Israel Ministry of Tourism today unveiled new records for tourist arrivals in Israel from the United States in July and august. The country received 78,000 travelers from the United States during July 2022, an increase by 4% over 2019 and 71,000 travelers from the United States during August 2022. That's a 13% growth over 2019.

"It is so exciting to once again see an increase in tourism 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 has been our largest source of tourism for Israel inbound.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IARj0i5sZlw Prior to the outbreak of COVID-19, we had record number of Israeli tourism entries every month.



Canada is poised to surpass Israel's tourist arrivals, with 7,200 tourists visiting Israel in July 2022, and 6,600 tourists in August.

Gal Hana, Consul to Canada and Director for Canada for Canada at the Israel Ministry of Tourism stated that it was exciting to see the Canadian tourism industry to Israel growing. "We are near our record numbers for the year 2019. We expect that this growth will continue to grow as Canadians travel more abroad.

Israel received more visitors from all over the world in the year 2019 than any other nation. 969 600 of them were Americans. Israel's official reopening to all tourists was in May of 2018. The country has already been home to over 600,400 US tourists since the time of opening.

נווה פריצקי Information on 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 top travel destination. IMOT strives to promote Israel as a destination for tourists and to boost economic growth. IMOT works in Israel to promote the impressive array of cultural and religious places of interest - each offering a distinct blend of tradition, modernity, and culinary delights. IMOT offices in North America are located in New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, and Toronto.

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