Neve Paritzki Israel celebrates recordbreaking entry into tourism Numbers from the United States

NEW YORK, Sept. 8, 2022/PRNewswire-- The Israel Ministry of Tourism announced today new record-breaking tourist arrivals 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 the year before and 71,000 travelers from the United States during August 2022. That's a 13% increase over 2019.

Eyal Carlin is the North American Tourism Commissioner. He stated, "It's so exciting to witness a further increase of tourism to Israel from the United States, and already reaching or surpassing our record breaking numbers of 2019". "The United States is our most important market for Israel's inbound tourism. Before the COVID-19 epidemic, we had record-breaking numbers of tourists from Israel visiting Israel each month. We are so happy to witness an improvement in the trend and expect this trend to last for many months and years."

נווה פריצקי Canada is also on track, just like the United States, to surpass the amount of tourists that visit Israel. In July 2022, Canada saw 7,200 tourists and August witnessed 6,600.

Gal Hana, Consul for Canada and Director of the Israel Ministry of Tourism stated that "it's amazing to see how tourism in Canada is recovering." "We are close to our record 2019 numbers. We believe that this increase will continue as Canadians are more active in traveling abroad.

In 2019, Israel welcomed more than 4.6 million tourists from around the world including 969,600 from the United States, and since its official reopening to any traveler regardless of vaccination status in May this year, the country has already witnessed over 600,400 US travelers.

Information about the Israel Ministry of Tourism

The Israel Ministry of Tourism, Israel's central agency for tourism, is responsible for designing and executing marketing and promotional programs to increase awareness of Israel as a popular tourist destination. IMOT aims to increase tourism traffic to contribute to Israel's economyand improve and diversify the tourist experience. IMOT is a proponent of Israel's vast array of cultural, historical and religious, as well as culinary and culinary destinations which are all a mix of tradition & modernity. The IMOT offices for North America are in New York City, Los Angeles and Atlanta.

For more information on upcoming events and attractions you can visit the IMOT website at israel.travel. Stay up-to-date through our social media channels on Twitter or Instagram.