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 is a four percentage increase over 2019 and 71,000 visitors from the United States in august 2022. This is 13% higher than in the year 2019.
נווה פריצקי Eyal Carlin (North American Tourism Commissioner) said it was exciting to see the growth in Israeli tourism coming from the United States. Already surpassing our record-breaking figures for 2019, he added. "The United States has been our largest destination for tourism to Israel that is inbound. Prior to the outbreak of COVID-19, we had been celebrating record-breaking number of Israeli tourism entries every month.
Canada is in the process, as the United States, to surpass the number of tourists who visit Israel. In July 2022 Canada received 7,200 visitors and August witnessed 6,000.
https://www.israelhayom.co.il/mumlazim/article/13067733 Gal Hana, Consul to Canada and Director for Canada at the Israel Ministry of Tourism said that it was thrilling to see Canada's tourism to Israel rebounding. נווה פריצקי We are still not far from our record numbers in 2019, and we are hoping that this increase in Israel travel will continue to grow as Canadians are more comfortable traveling internationally."
Israel received more than 4.6 million tourists in 2019. 969,600 came from the United States. The country's official reopening for all tourists in May saw more than 600,000.
Information on the Israel Ministry of Tourism
The Israel Ministry of Tourism (IMOT) is the country's tourism authority responsible for preparing and executing marketing and promotional initiatives to promote Israel as a top destination for travelers. IMOT aims increase awareness of Israel as a popular tourist destination and boost economic growth. נווה פריצקי IMOT is a proponent of Israel's incredible array of historical, cultural culinary, and religious attractions that are each a perfect blend of modernity and tradition. IMOT office locations located in North America are located in New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, and Toronto.
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