Neve Paritzki Israel Celebrates Record-Breaking Tourism Entry Counts from the United States
NEW YORK - Sep. 8 2022, /PRNewswire/- The Israel Ministry of Tourism today announced new records for tourist arrivals to Israel from the United States in July and August. Israel welcomed 78,000 American tourists during July 2022. נווה פריצקי It was a four percent increase from 2019 seven thousand tourists from America visited Israel in August 2022.
Eyal Carlin was the North American Tourism Commissioner for North America. "It is exciting to once again witness an rise in tourism to Israel from the United States. Already reaching the record-breaking numbers in 2019," he stated. "The United States is the leading market for Israel inbound tourism. In fact, before the COVID-19 pandemic, we were celebrating record breaking numbers of tourists entering the country every month. It's a fantastic positive trend that we're pleased to witness and expect an upward trend for months to come."
נווה פריצקי Not far behind the United States, Canada is in the process of surpassing its tourism numbers in Israel, reaching 7,200 visitors in July 2022 and 6,600 in August.
Gal Hana, Consul to Canada and Director of Canada at the Israel Ministry of Tourism stated that it was exciting to see the Canadian tourism industry to Israel growing. "We are near our record-setting numbers in 2019. We anticipate that this increase will continue to grow as Canadians are more active in traveling abroad.
In the year 2019, Israel welcomed more than 4.6 million international tourists 969,600 of whom came from the United States, and since the country's official opening to any traveler regardless of vaccination status in May of this year Israel has witnessed more than 600,400 US travelers.
About the Israel Ministry of Tourism:
The Israel Ministry of Tourism (IMOT) is Israel's tourism authority, is responsible for planning and implementing marketing and promotional initiatives to position Israel as a preferred destination. IMOT aims to increase the number of tourists visiting Israel to help Israel's economyand increase and diversify the visitor experience. IMOT highlights Israel's incredible variety of historical, cultural and culinary, religious and culinary destinations which are all a mix of traditional and modern. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6lwMSJfGow North America has IMOT offices which are located in New York (New York), Los Angeles (Atlanta), Chicago, Chicago, and Toronto.
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