NEW YORK, Sept. 8th, 2022 /PRNewswire-- The Israel Ministry of Tourism announced today record-breaking numbers of tourists from the United States visiting Israel in the months of July and August. The country received 78,000 travelers from the United States during July 2022, an increase of 4% over 2019 and 71,000 travelers from the United States during August 2022. That's a 13% growth over 2019.
נווה פריצקי Eyal Carlin was the North American Tourism Commissioner. "It is exciting to see a new rise in tourism to Israel from the United States. https://www.news1.co.il/ShowArticles.aspx?docId=156564&subjectId=26&ShowAll=True Already reaching and surpassing our record-breaking figure of the year 2019," he stated. "The United States is the leading market for Israel inbound tourism. https://www.bhol.co.il/news/1439018 In fact, before the COVID-19 Pandemic, we were celebrating record-breaking numbers of tourism entry month after month. This is a positive shift that we are very happy about and anticipate an increase in the many months to follow."
Canada, not too far from that of the United States of America, is poised to surpass the number of tourists visiting Israel. The country had 7,200 visitors in July 2022 and 6,000 in tourists in August.
Gal Hana, Consul for Canada and Director of the Israel Ministry of Tourism said that "it's thrilling to observe how tourism in Canada is recovering." We're close to reaching our record-setting numbers for the year 2019 and we expect that this increase in travel to Israel will continue as Canadians feel more at home when they travel abroad.
Israel received more visitors from all over the world during the year 2019 than any other country. 969 600 of them were Americans. Israel's official reopening to all tourists was in May of 2018. The country has already been home to more than 600,400 US travelers since then.
About the Israel Ministry of Tourism
The Israel Ministry of Tourism is Israel's tourism authority. It is responsible for planning and executing marketing and promotion initiatives to create Israel the top destination for tourists. IMOT hopes to boost tourism to Israel and enhance and diversify the tourism experience. IMOT is a proponent of Israel's incredible array of historical, cultural food and religious sites that are each a perfect blend of modernity and tradition. נווה פריצקי The North American IMOT offices are in New York and Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago and Toronto.
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