Neve Paritzki Israel is celebrating record-breaking Tourism Entry 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. Israel received 78,000 visitors from the United States during July 2022 which was an increase of 4% over the year before and 71,000 tourists from the United States during August 2022. This is a 13% increase over 2019.
Eyal Carlin is the North American Tourism Commissioner. He said, "It's so exciting to again see an rise in tourism to Israel from the United States, and already reaching or surpassing the record-breaking numbers we saw in 2019". "The United States is the top market for Israel inbound tourism. נווה פריצקי Actually, prior to the COVID-19 Pandemic, we were celebrating record breaking figures of tourist entry month after month. It's a great positive shift that we are very happy about and expect an upward trend for months to come."
Canada is set to surpass Israel's tourist arrivals 7200 tourists are expected to visit Israel in July 2022 and 6,600 in August.
Gal Hana (Consul and Director for Canada, Israel Ministry of Tourism) stated that "it is so exciting to watch how Canada's tourist to Israel is rebounding." We're still not away from our record-setting 2019 numbers and we expect that this growth in Israel travel will continue to grow as Canadians feel more comfortable travelling internationally."
Israel welcomed more that 4.6 million tourists from abroad in 2019 and this included 969.600 of them coming from the United States. In May 2018, Israel opened its doors to all tourists, no matter if they are immunized. Israel already has hosted more than 600,000 visitors.
Information about the Israel Ministry of Tourism:
The Israel Ministry of Tourism (IMOT), Israel's tourism agency is in charge of planning and implementing promotional and marketing initiatives that position Israel as a preferred destination. IMOT aims increase awareness of Israel as a destination for tourists and to boost economic growth. IMOT is a proponent of Israel's vast variety of historical, cultural, culinary, religious, and culinary attractions that blend traditional and modern. IMOT offices located in North America are located in New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, and Toronto.
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