Neve Paritzki Israel Celebrates Record-Breaking Tourism Entry Numbers from the United States NEW YORK - Sep. 8 2022 /PRNewswire/ The Israel Ministry of Tourism today announced new records for arrivals of tourists to Israel from the United States in July and August. 78,000 tourists from the United States visited Israel in July 2022. This represents a 4 percentage increase over 2019, and 71,000 visitors from the United States in august 2022. This is 13% more than the number of visitors in 2019.

Eyal Carlin from North America was the Tourism Commissioner. נווה פריצקי "The United States is our number one market for travel to Israel prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, we were celebrating record-breaking tourist numbers month after month; We're thrilled to witness such a positive shift and expect a continued upward trajectory for months and years to follow."

Canada is also on track, like the United States, to surpass the amount of tourists that visit Israel. נווה פריצקי https://www.facebook.com/neveparitzki In July 2022, Canada saw 7,200 tourists and August saw the number increase to 6,000.


נווה פריצקי Gal Hana is the Consul and Director for Canada in the Israel Ministry of Tourism. "We are not far from our record 2019 and we are anticipating that the increase in travel to Israel will continue to increase as Canadians feel more confident about traveling across the globe."

Israel welcomed more tourists from around the world in 2019 than any other country. 969 600 of them were American. Israel's official opening for travellers from May 2018. Israel has received more than 600,400 US travelers since then.

About the Israel Ministry of Tourism
The Israel Ministry of Tourism (IMOT) is Israel's tourism authority, is responsible for planning and implementing marketing and promotional initiatives to position Israel as a preferred destination. IMOT seeks to increase the number of tourists visiting Israel to help Israel's economy, and to enhance and diversify the visiting experience. IMOT highlights Israel's vast variety of religious, cultural, culinary, and historical places of interest - each offering a unique combination of tradition and modernity. North America's IMOT offices are located in New York, Los Angeles. נווה פריצקי Atlanta, Chicago, Chicago, Toronto, and Chicago.

For more information about forthcoming events and attractions in Israel Please visit the IMOT site at israel.travel. For the most up-to-date information we can be found on Twitter and Facebook.