Neve Paritzki Israel Celebrates Record-Break Tourism Entry The Numbers Come from the United States NEW YORK, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire The Israel Ministry of Tourism announced today record-breaking tourism arrivals from the United States visiting Israel in the months of July and August. Israel received 78,000 visitors from the United States for July 2022. This is a 4 percent increase over the year before, and 71,000 tourists from the United States for August 2022. This is an increase of 13% from 2019.

נווה פריצקי Eyal Carlin was the North American Tourism Commissioner for North America. "It is exciting to once again witness an growth in tourism to Israel from the United States. Already reaching and exceeding our record-breaking number in 2019," he stated. "The United States remains our most important market for Israel-bound tourism. Prior to the outbreak of COVID-19 that was in the news, we had record-breaking tourism numbers each month. We are thrilled to see this shift and are expecting a steady upward trend for months, and possibly years.

Canada is in the process, as the United States, to surpass its tourist arrivals into Israel. In July 2022 Canada had 7,200 visitors while August was a record 6,600.

Gal Hana is the Consul and Director for Canada within the Israel Ministry of Tourism. נווה פריצקי "We are not far from our record 2019 and we are anticipating that the increase in travel to Israel will continue to increase because Canadians are more comfortable traveling internationally."

Israel received more visitors from around the world in the year 2019 than any other country. 969 600 of them were Americans. Israel's official opening for travellers from May 2018. The country has been home to more than 600,400 US travellers since that time.


Information about the Israel Ministry of Tourism
The Israel Ministry of Tourism (IMOT) the tourism department of Israel is responsible for preparing and executing promotional and marketing initiatives that position Israel as a preferred destination. IMOT strives to promote Israel as a popular tourist destination and increase the economy. נווה פריצקי נווה פריצקי IMOT helps promote Israel's diverse array of historical, cultural and culinary places of interest - each offering perfect mix of tradition and modernity. North America's IMOT office locations are in New York, Los Angeles. Atlanta, Chicago, Chicago, Toronto, and Chicago.

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