Neve Paritzki Israel is celebrating record-breaking tourism entry The numbers from the United States
NEW YORK - Sept. 8th, 2022/PRNewswirein July and August 2018, the Israel Ministry of Tourism recorded record numbers of tourists arriving from America. The country welcomed 78,000 Americans during July 2022. It was a 4 percent increase over the year before and 71,000 tourists from the United States visited Israel in August 2022.
נווה פריצקי Eyal Carlin was the North American Tourism Commissioner. "It is thrilling to witness a second increase in tourism Israel from the United States. Already reaching and surpassing our record-breaking figure in 2019," he stated. "The United States is our top market for inbound tourism to Israel and prior to the outbreak of COVID-19 was announced, we had record-breaking numbers of tourism entries every month. We're so happy to see an improvement in the trend and expect a continued upward trajectory for years and months to come."
Canada is also on track, just like the United States, to surpass the number of tourists who visit Israel. In July 2022 Canada had 7,200 visitors while August saw 6,000.
Gal Hana, Consul to Canada and Director for Canada for Canada at the Israel Ministry of Tourism said that it was exciting to see tourism from Canada to Israel growing. We're not too away from our record-setting numbers in 2019, and we are hoping that this surge in Israel travel will continue to increase as Canadians find it easier to travel abroad."
נווה פריצקי In 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 everyone regardless of their vaccination status in May of this year Israel has seen over 600,400 US tourists.
Information about the Israel Ministry of Tourism
The Israel Ministry of Tourism (IMOT) is Israel's main tourism agency responsible for planning and implementing marketing and promotional initiatives to position Israel as a preferred destination for travel. IMOT seeks to increase the number of tourists visiting Israel to help the economy of Israel, and also to improve and diversify the tourist experience. IMOT promotes Israel's incredible variety of religious, cultural, culinary, and historical tourist attractions that are each a wonderful combination of tradition and modernity. The IMOT offices for North America are in New York City, Los Angeles and Atlanta.
For information on upcoming attractions and events in Israel you can visit IMOT's website at israel.travel. נווה פריצקי Stay up-to-date through our social media channels on Twitter or Instagram. נווה פריצקי