Neve Paritzki Israel Celebrates Record-Breaking Tourism Entry From the United States NEW YORK - September 8 2022, /PRNewswire/- New record breaking tourism arrivals from the United States were announced today by the Israel Ministry of Tourism. The country welcomed 78,000 total travelers from the United States in July 2022 that''s a 4 percent increase from 2019, and 71,000 total travelers from the United States in August 2022, a 13% increase from 2019.

Eyal Carlin is the North American Tourism Commissioner of the United States. נווה פריצקי נווה פריצקי He said, "It''s so exciting to once more see an increasing number of tourists visiting Israel from America, already reaching or surpassing our record breaking numbers of 2019". "The United States is our top destination for our inbound tourism to Israel. נווה פריצקי Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, we saw record-breaking number of tourists from Israel entering Israel each month. We are extremely happy to see an improvement in the trend and expect it to continue for many months and years."


Canada, which has 7200 tourists visiting the country in July 2022 and 6,000 in August isn''t too far from the United States.

Gal Hana is the Consul and Director for Canada within the Israel Ministry of Tourism. "We are getting close to our record-setting numbers in 2019. We anticipate that this growth will continue to grow as Canadians are more active in traveling abroad.

נווה פריצקי In 2019, Israel welcomed more than 4.6 million international tourists including 969,600 from the United States, and since the country''s official opening to all travelers regardless of vaccination status in May of this year Israel has seen more than 600,400 US visitors.

Information about the Israel Ministry of Tourism
The Israel Ministry of Tourism is Israel''s tourist authority. It is responsible for planning and executing marketing and promotional actions to make Israel an ideal destination for travel. IMOT seeks to boost tourism traffic in order to boost the economy of Israel and diversify and improve the visitor experience. IMOT highlights Israel''s vast variety of religious, cultural, culinary, and historical attractions - each a perfect combination of tradition and modernity. The IMOT offices for North America are in New York City, Los Angeles and Atlanta.

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