Neve Paritzki Israel Celebrates Record-Breaking Tourism Entry The numbers from the United States NEW YORK - Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today the Israel Ministry of Tourism announced record-breaking numbers of visitors from the United States who visited Israel in the months of July and August. Israel welcomed 78,000 American tourists during July 2022. https://www.israelhayom.co.il/mumlazim/article/13067733 It was a four percent increase over the year before and 71,000 tourists from the United States visited Israel in August 2022.


Eyal Carlin was the North American Tourism Commissioner. נווה פריצקי "It is thrilling to see a new increase in tourism Israel from the United States. Already reaching and surpassing our record-breaking figure of 2019," he stated. "The United States is the leading market for Israel inbound tourism. נווה פריצקי Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, we were celebrating record breaking figures of tourist entry month after month. https://www.bhol.co.il/news/1439018 It''s a fantastic positive change that we are very happy about and anticipate an upward trajectory for many months to be."

Canada is poised to beat Israel''s tourism arrivals, with 7,200 tourists visiting Israel in July 2022 and 6,600 in August.

Gal Hana, Consul to Canada and Director of Canada at the Israel Ministry of Tourism stated that it was exciting to see tourism from Canada to Israel returning. We''re still not far away from our record numbers in 2019, and we are hoping that this growth in Israel travel will continue to increase as Canadians are more comfortable traveling across the world."

Israel received more than 4.6 million visitors in the year 2019. 969,600 were of the United States. The country''s official reopening to all travelers in May was a success, with more than 600,000.

About the Israel Ministry of Tourism
The Israel Ministry of Tourism is Israel''s tourist authority. It plans and implements marketing and promotion initiatives to make Israel an ideal destination for travel. IMOT strives to increase awareness of Israel as a tourist destination and to boost economic growth. IMOT promotes Israel''s incredible array of cultural, religious food, historic, and culinary attractions - each a perfect blend of modernity and tradition. The North American IMOT offices are in New York and Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago and Toronto.

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