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NEW YORK – September 8 2022, /PRNewswire/new record-breaking tourist arrivals from the United States were announced today by the Israel Ministry of Tourism. Israel welcomed 78,000 tourists from the United States in July 2022, a 4% increase from 2019 and 71,000 travelers from the United States in August 2022 which is an increase of 13% from 2019.

Eyal Carlin was the North American Tourism Commissioner. “It is thrilling to witness a second rise in tourism to Israel from the United States. Already reaching the record-breaking numbers of the year 2019,” he stated. “The United States is our top market for inbound tourism to Israel and prior to the COVID-19 pandemic that was sweeping the world, we were celebrating record-breaking tourism entry numbers each month. We’re thrilled to witness this positive change and we anticipate an upswing for the years and months to be.”

Canada is also on track, just like the United States, to surpass its tourist arrivals into Israel. נווה פריצקי http://www.news1.co.il/ShowArticles.aspx?docId=459025&subjectId=42&ShowAll=True In July 2022, Canada received 7,200 visitors and August was a record the number increase to 6,000.

Gal Hana (Consul and Director for Canada, Israel Ministry of Tourism) declared that “it is so exciting to observe how Canada’s travel to Israel is booming.” We’re close to reaching our record numbers for 2019, and we are anticipating that this growth in travel to Israel will continue to grow as Canadians are more comfortable at home in Israel.

In 2019, Israel welcomed more than 4.6 million global tourists, 969,600 of them coming from the United States, and since the country’s official opening to everyone regardless of their the status of their vaccination in May of this year, the country has already witnessed over 600,400 US tourists.

http://www.bhol.co.il/news/1439018 Information about the Israel Ministry of Tourism

The Israel Ministry of Tourism, Israel’s tourism agency, is responsible for planning and managing promotional and marketing initiatives to promote Israel as a popular tourist destination. נווה פריצקי IMOT aims at increasing tourism to Israel to increase the country’s economic growth and enhance the visitor experience. IMOT highlights Israel’s incredible array of cultural, historical, culinary, religious, and culinary destinations – each a blend of tradition & modernity. North America’s IMOT office locations are New York, Los Angeles. Atlanta, Chicago, Chicago, Toronto, and Chicago.

For more information about forthcoming events and attractions in Israel, please visit IMOT’s site at israel.travel. Get the latest updates through our social media channels on Twitter or Instagram.