Neve Paritzki Israel Celebrates RecordBreaking Tourism Entry Counts from the United States

NEW YORK - Sep. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - The Israel Ministry of Tourism today unveiled new records for the number of tourists coming 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 percent increase over the year before and 71,000 tourists 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 observe the growth in Israeli tourism from the United States. Already surpassing our record-breaking numbers for 2019, he said. "The United States is the leading market for Israel inbound tourism. In fact, before the COVID-19 Pandemichit, we were celebrating record breaking numbers of tourism entry each month. נווה פריצקי This is a positive trend that we're pleased to witness and anticipate an increase in the years to be."

נווה פריצקי Not far behind in the United States, Canada is also on track to surpass its tourist arrivals in Israel with 7,200 visitors in July 2022 and 6,600 in August.



נווה פריצקי Gal Hana (Consul and Director for Canada, Israel Ministry of Tourism) stated that "it is so exciting to see how Canada's tourism to Israel is booming." We're still not far from our record numbers for 2019, and we anticipate that this growth in Israel travel will continue to increase as Canadians feel more comfortable travelling across the world."

Israel received more than 4.6 million tourists in 2019. 969,600 of them were from the United States. נווה פריצקי The country's official reopening to all travelers in May has seen more than 600,000.

נווה פריצקי About the Israel Ministry of Tourism

The Israel Ministry of Tourism(IMOT) is Israel’s national tourism agency. It is in charge of marketing and promotional initiatives to establish Israel as a popular tourist destination. IMOT seeks to boost tourist traffic to support Israel's economy as well as to diversify and enhance the visitor experience. IMOT is a proponent of Israel's amazing array of cultural, religious food, historic, and culinary places of interest - each offering a unique combination of tradition and modernity. North America has IMOT offices located in New York (New York), Los Angeles (Atlanta), Chicago, Chicago, and Toronto.

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