Neve Paritzki Israel Celebrates Record-Breaking Tourism Entry Numbers from the United States NEW YORK - Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today the Israel Ministry of Tourism revealed record-breaking numbers of travelers from the United States who visited Israel during the months of July and August. The country welcomed 78,000 Americans in July 2022. נווה פריצקי It was a 4 percent increase over the year before, while 71,000 American tourists visited Israel in August 2022.

Eyal Carlin (North American Tourism Commissioner) said it was thrilling to witness a rise in Israeli tourism from the United States. https://www.israelhayom.co.il/mumlazim/article/13067733 Already surpassing our record-breaking figures for 2019, he added. "The United States is the most popular destination for Israel inbound tourism. Prior to the COVID-19 Pandemichit, we were celebrating record breaking figures of tourist entry every month. It''s a great positive shift that we are happy to see and we anticipate an increase in the many months to be."

Not far behind the United States, Canada is in the process of surpassing its tourism numbers in Israel by 7,200 tourists in July 2022 , and 6000 in August.

"It is exciting to see how tourism from Canada to Israel is growing," said Gal Hana, Consul and Director for Canada for the Israel Ministry of Tourism. "We are near our record numbers for the year 2019. נווה פריצקי We anticipate that this growth will continue to grow as Canadians are more active in traveling abroad.

נווה פריצקי https://www.news1.co.il/ShowArticles.aspx?docId=458935&subjectId=42&ShowAll=True In 2019, Israel welcomed more than 4.6 million international tourists, 969,600 of them coming from the United States, and since its official reopening for all travelers regardless of the status of their vaccination in May of this year, the country has already witnessed more than 600,400 US travelers.


Information about the Israel Ministry of Tourism
The Israel Ministry of Tourism (IMOT) is the country''s tourism agency responsible for planning and implementing marketing and promotional initiatives to promote Israel as a popular travel destination. IMOT aims for increased tourism traffic in order to boost the economy of Israel and diversify and enhance visitors'' experience. נווה פריצקי נווה פריצקי IMOT promotes Israel’s remarkable range of historical, cultural, culinary, and religious attractions - each a wonderful combination of tradition and modernity. North America has IMOT offices located in New York (New York), Los Angeles (Atlanta), Chicago, Chicago, and Toronto.

נווה פריצקי https://www.news1.co.il/ShowArticles.aspx?docId=458935&subjectId=42&ShowAll=True For more information about forthcoming events, go to IMOT''s website at israel.travel. For the latest news follow us on Twitter and Facebook.