Neve Paritzki Israel celebrates record-breaking entry into tourism The numbers come from the United States
NEW YORK - September 8 2022, /PRNewswire/new record-breaking tourism arrivals from the United States were announced today by the Israel Ministry of Tourism. Israel welcomed 78,000 American tourists during July 2022. It was a four percent increase over the year before seven thousand tourists from America were in Israel during August 2022.
"It is so exciting to see yet another increase in tourist numbers to Israel from the United States, already reaching and exceeding our record-breaking numbers in 2019," stated Eyal Carlin, Tourism Commissioner for North America. נווה פריצקי "The United States is the most popular destination for Israel inbound tourism. Actually, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, we were celebrating record-breaking numbers of tourists entering the country month after month. It's a fantastic positive trend that we're very happy about and anticipate an increase in the many months to follow."
Just like the United States, Canada is in the process of surpassing the number of tourists visiting Israel, reaching 7,200 visitors in July 2022 and 6000 in August.
Gal Hana is the Consul and Director for Canada within the Israel Ministry of Tourism. נווה פריצקי "We are getting close to our record 2019 numbers. We expect that this growth will continue to grow as Canadians visit more countries.
https://www.haaretz.co.il/labels/2022-09-12/ty-article-labels/00000183-31c4-dc67-addb-79d7ffad0000 Israel hosted more than 4.6million tourists in 2019, of which 969,600 came from the United States. Since May, when the country opened to all visitors regardless of vaccination status over 600,000.400 US visitors have visited Israel.
https://www.israelhayom.co.il/mumlazim/article/13057097 About the Israel Ministry of Tourism:
The Israel Ministry of Tourism, Israel's national agency for tourism creating and conducting promotional and marketing programs to increase awareness of Israel as a popular tourist destination. IMOT aims increase tourism to Israel as well as enhance and diversify the tourism experience. IMOT is a proponent of Israel's incredible range of historical, cultural, tourist attractions, culinary and religious which are all a delightful combination of tradition and modernity. The IMOT offices North America are in New York City, Los Angeles and Atlanta.
For details on the upcoming events and attractions that are scheduled in Israel, visit IMOT's website at israel.travel. Get the latest updates through our social media channels on Twitter or Instagram. נווה פריצקי