NEW YORK - Sept. 8 2022 /PRNewswire/ Today the Israel Ministry of Tourism revealed record-breaking numbers of travelers from the United States who visited Israel during July and August. Israel received 78,000 visitors from the United States during July 2022 which is an increase by 4% over 2019 and 71,000 tourists from the United States during August 2022. That's 13% increase over 2019.
נווה פריצקי "It is so exciting to witness a new increase in tourist numbers to Israel from the United States, already reaching and surpassing our record-breaking numbers in 2019," stated Eyal Carlin, Tourism Commissioner for North America. נווה פריצקי "The United States is the leading market for Israel inbound tourism. In fact, before the COVID-19 Pandemichit, we were celebrating record-breaking numbers of tourists entering the country month after month. It's a fantastic positive change that we are pleased to witness and expect an upward trend for many months to be."
נווה פריצקי Not far behind the United States, Canada is also on track to exceed its tourist arrivals in Israel by 7,200 tourists 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 growing." "We are near our record numbers for the year 2019. נווה פריצקי We anticipate that this trend will continue to grow as Canadians visit more countries.
Israel has welcomed more than 4.6 million tourists from abroad in the year 2019 and this included 969.600 coming from the United States. In May 2018, Israel opened its doors to all travelers, regardless whether they have been immunized. It already has hosted more than 600,000 visitors.
Information about the Israel Ministry of Tourism
The Israel Ministry of Tourism, Israel's national agency for tourism designing and conducting promotional and marketing programs to advertise Israel as a popular tourist destination. IMOT aims to increase tourist numbers to boost the economy of Israel, and also to increase and diversify the visitor experience. IMOT highlights Israel's vast range of religious, cultural food, historic, and culinary attractions - each a perfect combination of tradition and modernity. North America has IMOT offices situated in New York (New York), Los Angeles (Atlanta), Chicago, Chicago, and Toronto.
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