Neve Paritzki Israel celebrates record-breaking tourism entry Numbers from the United States
NEW YORK - Sept. 8 2022, /PRNewswire/- Today the Israel Ministry of Tourism revealed record-breaking numbers of travelers from the United States who visited Israel during July and August. The country welcomed 78,000 tourists from the United States during July 2022 which is an increase by 4% over 2019 and 71,000 travelers from the United States during August 2022. This is a 13% growth over 2019.
נווה פריצקי Eyal Carlin was the North American Tourism Commissioner for North America. "It is exciting to see a new growth in tourism to Israel from the United States. Already reaching the record-breaking numbers in 2019," he stated. "The United States is our most popular destination for tourism to Israel, and before the COVID-19 pandemic that was sweeping the world, we were celebrating record-breaking tourist numbers month after month; We're extremely pleased to witness an improvement in the trend and anticipate a steady upswing for the months and years to follow."
Just like in the United States, Canada is also on track to surpass its tourism numbers in Israel, reaching 7,200 visitors in July 2022 and 6,000 in August.
Gal Hana, Consul for Canada and Director of the Israel Ministry of Tourism said that "it's amazing to see how Canada’s tourism is rebounding." "We are not far from our record 2019 and we expect that the rise in travel to Israel will continue to grow as Canadians feel more confident about traveling abroad."
Israel welcomed more than 4.6million tourists in 2019, of which 969,600 originated from the United States. Since May that year, when Israel is now open to all tourists, regardless of their vaccination status More than 600,000.400 US visitors have visited Israel.
Information about the Israel Ministry of Tourism
The Israel Ministry of Tourism is Israel's tourist authority. It develops and executes marketing and promotion actions to create Israel an ideal destination for travel. IMOT is aiming to in promoting Israel as a tourist destination and to boost the economy. IMOT highlights Israel's vast variety of religious, cultural food, historical, and culinary tourist attractions that are each a wonderful combination of tradition and modernity. North American IMOT offices are situated in New York and Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago and Toronto.
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