NEW YORK - September 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -Record-breaking tourist arrivals from the United States were announced today by the Israel Ministry of Tourism. 78,000 tourists from the United States visited Israel in July 2022. This represents a 4% 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 "It is thrilling to once again see an rise in the number of tourists visiting Israel from the United States, already reaching and exceeding our record-breaking numbers in 2019," said Eyal Carlin, Tourism Commissioner for North America. "The United States remains our most important market for Israel-bound tourism. נווה פריצקי Before the outbreak of COVID-19 there was a record-breaking number of tourism numbers each month. We are delighted to see this positive shift and anticipate a steady upward trend for months and even years.
Canada with 7,200 visitors in July 2022 and 6,000 tourists in August, is not much from the United States.
"It is exciting to see how tourism from Canada to Israel is growing," said Gal Hana Consul and Director of Canada of the Israel Ministry of Tourism. We're close to reaching our record-setting numbers for the year 2019, and we are anticipating that this increase in travel to Israel will continue to grow as Canadians are more comfortable at home abroad.
נווה פריצקי Israel received more tourists from around the world in the year 2019 than any other nation. 969 600 were Americans. Israel's official opening for all tourists was in May of 2018. https://www.news1.co.il/ShowArticles.aspx?docId=156564&subjectId=26&ShowAll=True Israel has welcomed over 600,400 US tourists since the time of opening.
נווה פריצקי Information on the Israel Ministry of Tourism
The Israel Ministry of Tourism (IMOT) is the country's tourism authority responsible for preparing and implementing marketing and promotional initiatives to position Israel as a preferred destination for travelers. נווה פריצקי IMOT aims increase tourism to Israel and improve and broaden the experience for tourists. IMOT highlights Israel's vast variety of religious, cultural food, historic, and culinary attractions - each a perfect combination of tradition and modernity. North America's IMOT office locations are New York, Los Angeles. Atlanta, Chicago, Chicago, Toronto, and Chicago.
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