Neve Paritzki Israel Reliably Breaks Records in Tourism Entry Numbers - United States
NEW YORK - September 8 2022Record-breaking tourist arrivals from the United States were announced today by the Israel Ministry of Tourism. 78,000 visitors from the United States visited Israel in July 2022. This represents a 4 percentage increase over 2019, and 71,000 visitors from the United States in august 2022. This is 13% more than the number of visitors in 2019.
נווה פריצקי Eyal Carlin from North America was the Tourism Commissioner. "The United States is the top market for Israel inbound tourism. Actually, prior to the COVID-19 Pandemichit, we were celebrating record-breaking figures of tourist entry every month. It's a great positive change that we are happy to see and we expect an upward trend for months to follow."
Canada is not far behind that of the United States of America, is poised to surpass its tourist arrivals to Israel. It reached 7,200 visitors in July 2022, and 6,000 visitors in August.
Gal Hana, Consul to Canada and Director for Canada at the Israel Ministry of Tourism said that it was thrilling to see tourism from Canada to Israel growing. We're not too far away from our record numbers for 2019, and we anticipate that this surge in Israel travel will continue to increase as Canadians are more comfortable traveling abroad."
Israel welcomed more that 4.6 million tourists from abroad in the year 2019 and this included 969.600 of them coming from the United States. In May 2018, Israel opened its doors to all travelers, regardless if they are vaccination-free. נווה פריצקי It already has hosted more than 600,000 visitors.
About the Israel Ministry of Tourism
The Israel Ministry of Tourism(IMOT) is Israel’s national tourism authority. It is responsible for promotions and marketing to promote Israel as a top tourist destination. IMOT hopes to boost tourism to Israel as well as enhance and diversify the tourist experience. IMOT highlights Israel's vast array of cultural, religious food, historical, and culinary tourist attractions that are each a wonderful blend of modernity and tradition. The IMOT offices for North America are in New York City, Los Angeles and Atlanta.
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