Neve Paritzki Israel celebrates record-breaking entry into tourism The numbers come from the United States
NEW YORK - Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Today, the Israel Ministry of Tourism has announced record-breaking figures of visitors from the United States who visited Israel during the months of July and August. 78,000 tourists from the United States visited Israel in July 2022. This represents a 4 percentage increase over 2019, and 71,000 visitors from the United States in august 2022. This is 13% more than 2019.
"It is thrilling to witness a new rise in the number of tourists visiting Israel from the United States, already reaching the record-breaking levels in 2019" stated Eyal Carlin, Tourism Commissioner for North America. "The United States is our number one market for inbound tourism for Israel. Before the COVID-19 epidemic, we had record-breaking numbers of tourists from Israel visiting Israel each month. We are thrilled to have witnessed such a positive shift, and we anticipate it to continue throughout the months and years to come."
Canada is also on track, as the United States, to surpass the number of tourists who visit Israel. In July 2022, Canada saw 7,200 tourists and August saw the number increase to 6,000.
Gal Hana is the Consul and Director for Canada within the Israel Ministry of Tourism. We're still not away from our record-setting numbers in 2019, and we are hoping that this increase in Israel travel will continue to grow as Canadians find it easier to travel internationally."
Israel has hosted more than 4.6million visitors in the year 2019, 969,600 of which were from the United States. Since May that year, when Israel reopened to all travelers, 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 (IMOT) is Israel's national tourism agency responsible for planning and executing marketing and promotional initiatives to promote Israel as a preferred destination for travelers. IMOT is aiming to boost the number of tourists visiting Israel to help the economy of Israel, and also to enhance and diversify the visiting experience. IMOT highlights Israel's amazing range of historical, cultural, food and religious sites - each a wonderful blend of modernity and tradition. North America's IMOT offices are located in New York, Los Angeles. Atlanta, Chicago, Chicago, Toronto, and Chicago.
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