NEW YORK - Sept. 8th, 2022/PRNewswire• In July and August of 2018, the Israel Ministry of Tourism recorded record numbers of visitors from the United States. 78,000 visitors from the United States visited Israel in July 2022. This is a four% increase over 2019 and 71,000 tourists from the United States in august 2022. This is 13% more than 2019.
Eyal Carlin (North American Tourism Commissioner) said it was thrilling to witness a rise in Israeli tourism from the United States. נווה פריצקי Already surpassing our record-breaking figures for 2019, he said. "The United States is our top destination for our inbound tourism to Israel. Before the COVID-19 epidemic, we had record-breaking numbers of Israeli tourists entering Israel every month. נווה פריצקי We are so happy to see such a positive shift and expect it to continue throughout the months and years to come."
Not far behind the United States, Canada is also on track to exceed its tourist arrivals in Israel, reaching 7,200 visitors in the month of July 2022 and 6,000 in August.
Gal Hana, Consul to Canada and Director of Canada at the Israel Ministry of Tourism stated that it was thrilling to see tourism from Canada to Israel returning. נווה פריצקי "We are not far from our record in 2019 and we expect that the growth in travels to Israel will continue to increase because Canadians feel more confident traveling abroad."
Israel received more visitors from all over the world during 2019 than any other nation. 969 600 of them were American. נווה פריצקי Israel's official reopening to all tourists was in May of 2018. נווה פריצקי The country has already received more than 600,400 US travellers since that time.
About the Israel Ministry of Tourism
The Israel Ministry of Tourism (IMOT) the tourism department of Israel is in charge of planning and executing promotional and marketing initiatives to position Israel as a destination of choice. IMOT aims increase tourism to Israel and improve and broaden the experience for tourists. IMOT highlights Israel's amazing range of historical, cultural, culinary, and religious attractions - each a wonderful combination of modernity and tradition. The North American IMOT offices are situated in New York and Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago and Toronto.
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