NEW YORK - Sept. 8th, 2022 /PRNewswire• In July and August 2018, the Israel Ministry of Tourism reported record numbers of visitors from the United States. 78,000 tourists from the United States visited Israel in July 2022. This represents a 4 percent increase over the year before and 71,000 visitors from the United States in august 2022. This is 13% more than 2019.
Eyal Carlin was the North American Tourism Commissioner for North America. "It is thrilling to witness a second increase in tourism Israel from the United States. Already reaching and surpassing our record-breaking figure in 2019," he stated. "The United States is the leading market for Israel inbound tourism. Prior to the COVID-19 Pandemichit, we were celebrating record breaking figures of tourist entry every month. This is a positive change that we are happy to see and we expect an upward trend for months to follow."
נווה פריצקי Canada is in the process, like the United States, to surpass its tourist arrivals into Israel. In July 2022 Canada had 7,200 visitors while August witnessed 6,600.
Gal Hana, Consul for Canada and Director of the Israel Ministry of Tourism said that "it's thrilling to observe how Canada’s tourism is rebounding." "We aren't too far from our record numbers for 2019 and we anticipate that this increase in tourism to Israel will continue to grow as Canadians remain at ease travelling abroad."
Israel received more than 4.6 million tourists in the year of 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.
Information about the Israel Ministry of Tourism
The Israel Ministry of Tourism (IMOT) is Israel's national tourism authority responsible for preparing and executing marketing and promotional initiatives to promote Israel as a preferred destination for travel. IMOT seeks to boost tourism to Israel to increase the country's economic growth and enhance the visitor experience. IMOT promotes Israel's incredible array of cultural, religious food, historic, and culinary attractions - each a perfect blend of modernity and tradition. North America's IMOT office locations are New York, Los Angeles. Atlanta, Chicago, Chicago, Toronto, and Chicago.
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