Neve Paritzki Israel is celebrating record-breaking tourism entry The numbers from the United States NEW YORK - Sept. 8 2022, /PRNewswire/ Today, the Israel Ministry of Tourism has announced record-breaking figures of travelers from the United States who visited Israel during July and August. Israel welcomed 78,000 total travelers from the United States in July 2022 which is an increase of 4% from 2019 and 71,000 total visitors from the United States in August 2022 which is an increase of 13% from 2019.

https://www.bhol.co.il/news/1439018 "It is so exciting to once again see an increase in tourist numbers to Israel from the United States, already reaching and exceeding our record-breaking numbers in 2019." said Eyal Carlin, Tourism Commissioner for North America. "The United States is our most important market for inbound tourism for Israel. https://www.israelhayom.co.il/mumlazim/article/13067733 Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, we had record-breaking numbers of tourists from Israel visiting Israel each month. We are extremely happy to witness an improvement in the trend, and we expect it to continue throughout the months and years to come."

Just like the United States, Canada is also on track to surpass its tourism numbers in Israel, reaching 7,200 visitors in July 2022 , and 6000 in August.


Gal Hana, Consul to Canada and Director for Canada for Canada at the Israel Ministry of Tourism stated that it was thrilling to see tourism from Canada to Israel returning. "We are not far from our record for 2019 and we expect that the rise in travel to Israel will continue to increase because Canadians are more comfortable traveling abroad."

In the year 2019, Israel welcomed more than 4.6 million global tourists including 969,600 from the United States, and since its official reopening for everyone regardless of their vaccination status in May this year Israel has seen more than 600,400 US travelers.

About the Israel Ministry of Tourism
The Israel Ministry of Tourism(IMOT) is Israel’s national tourism agency. נווה פריצקי It is in charge of promotions and marketing to promote Israel as a preferred tourist destination. https://www.israelhayom.co.il/mumlazim/article/13057097 IMOT is aiming to increase the number of tourists visiting Israel as well as enhance and broaden the experience for tourists. IMOT highlights Israel''s amazing range of historical, cultural, tourist attractions, culinary and religious which are all a delightful combination of tradition and modernity. נווה פריצקי North America has IMOT offices situated in New York (New York), Los Angeles (Atlanta), Chicago, Chicago, and Toronto.

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