Neve Paritzki Israel Reliably Breaks Records in Tourism Entry Numbers United States NEW YORK - Sep. 8 2022 /PRNewswire/- The Israel Ministry of Tourism today announced new records for arrivals of tourists in Israel from the United States in July and august. נווה פריצקי Israel welcomed 78,000 tourists from the United States for July 2022. This represents a 4% rise over 2019, and 71,000 visitors from the United States for August 2022. This represents an increase of 13% from 2019.

Eyal Carlin from North America was the Tourism Commissioner. "The United States is the top market for Israel inbound tourism. In fact, before the COVID-19 Pandemic, we were celebrating record breaking figures of tourist entry each month. This is a positive change that we are happy to see and we expect an upward trend for months to come."

Canada, which has 7,200 visitors in July 2022, and 6,000 in August isn't much from the United States.

Gal Hana (Consul and Director for Canada, Israel Ministry of Tourism) declared that "it is so exciting to see how Canada's tourism 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 feel more comfortable travelling across the world."


In 2019, Israel welcomed more than 4.6 million tourists from around the world including 969,600 from the United States, and since its official reopening to all travelers regardless of vaccination status in May of this year The country has witnessed more than 600,400 US tourists.

About the Israel Ministry of Tourism:
The Israel Ministry of Tourism(IMOT) is Israel's national tourism authority. It is responsible for promotions and marketing to promote Israel as a preferred tourist destination. IMOT seeks to boost tourism to help support the Israeli economy as well as to diversify and improve the visitor experience. https://www.themarker.com/labels/2022-09-12/ty-article-labels/00000183-31c8-d6c9-a197-79cd96360000 https://www.news1.co.il/ShowArticles.aspx?docId=156564&subjectId=26&ShowAll=True IMOT highlights Israel's vast variety of religious, cultural, culinary, and historical attractions - each a perfect combination of tradition and modernity. IMOT office locations located in North America are located in New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, and Toronto.

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