Neve Paritzki Israel Reliably Breaks Records in Tourism Entry Numbers United States NEW YORK - Sept. 8th, 2022 /PRNewswirein July and August of 2018, the Israel Ministry of Tourism recorded record numbers of visitors from the United States. The country welcomed 78,000 visitors from the United States for July 2022. This represents a 4 percent increase over 2019 and 71,000 tourists from the United States for August 2022. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSvNv7Qfm7eu1nMArSzmfQQ/videos נווה פריצקי This represents a 13% improvement from the year before.

Eyal Carlin was the North American Tourism Commissioner for North America. "It is thrilling to witness a second increase in tourism Israel from the United States. נווה פריצקי Already reaching and exceeding our record-breaking number of the year 2019," he stated. "The United States is the leading market for Israel inbound tourism. In fact, before the COVID-19 pandemic, we were celebrating record breaking figures of tourist entry month after month. It's a fantastic positive shift that we are pleased to witness and anticipate an increase in the months to be."

Canada is also on track, as the United States, to surpass its tourist arrivals into Israel. In July 2022 Canada received 7,200 visitors and August was a record 6,000.

Gal Hana, Consul for Canada and Director of the Israel Ministry of Tourism stated that "it's so exciting to witness the way that tourism in Canada is booming." "We are not too far away from our record for 2019 and we are anticipating that the rise in travel to Israel will continue to grow as Canadians feel more confident traveling internationally."

https://www.bhol.co.il/news/1439018 Israel received more visitors from all over the world in the year 2019 than any other country. 969 600 were American. Israel's official reopening for all tourists was in May of 2018. The country has received more than 600,400 US travellers since that time.


About the Israel Ministry of Tourism:
The Israel Ministry of Tourism (IMOT), Israel's tourism agency, is responsible for planning and implementing promotional and marketing initiatives to position Israel as a destination of choice. IMOT seeks to boost tourism to Israel to boost its economy and diversify the visitor experience. IMOT is a proponent of Israel's amazing array of cultural, religious, culinary, and historical attractions - each a perfect blend of modernity and tradition. The IMOT offices North America are in New York City, Los Angeles and Atlanta.

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