NEW YORK - September 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -Record-breaking tourist arrivals from the United States were announced today by the Israel Ministry of Tourism. The country welcomed 78,000 visitors from the United States for July 2022. This is a four percent increase over the year before, and 71,000 visitors from the United States for August 2022. This represents an increase of 13% over the year before.
Eyal Carlin (North American Tourism Commissioner) said it was thrilling to witness the growth in Israeli tourism from the United States. Already surpassing our record-breaking figures for 2019 he stated. "The United States has been our largest source of tourism for Israel inbound. Prior to the outbreak of COVID-19 we had record figures of the number of tourists entering Israel each month.
Canada is in the process, as the United States, to surpass its tourist arrivals into Israel. נווה פריצקי In July 2022 Canada saw 7,200 tourists and August saw 6,600.
Gal Hana, Consul for Canada and Director of the Israel Ministry of Tourism stated that "it's so exciting to witness the way that tourism in Canada is booming." "We are not far off our record 2019 numbers and we anticipate that this increase in travel to Israel will continue to increase as Canadians remain confident about traveling internationally."
Israel welcomed more tourists from around the world in 2019 than any other country. 969 600 of them were American. Israel's official reopening for travellers from May 2018. The country has already received over 600,400 US tourists since the time of opening.
Information about the Israel Ministry of Tourism
The Israel Ministry of Tourism, Israel's central agency for tourism, is responsible for designing and managing promotional and marketing initiatives to promote Israel as a popular tourist destination. IMOT seeks to increase tourist numbers to boost Israel's economy, and to enhance and diversify the visiting experience. IMOT highlights Israel's vast variety of religious, cultural, culinary, and historical attractions - each a perfect blend of modernity and tradition. IMOT office locations in North America are located in New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, and Toronto.
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